Plenty of us who follow retailing have been talking for some time about the convergence of in-store and online shopping experiences and how consumers are being empowered by the new choices being afforded them by technology. The Black Friday weekend offers us some of the most compelling evidence yet of what I’ll call the Power [...]
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Is This the Death of Black Friday?
Black Friday is a week away, and the news is full of stories anticipating retailing’s version of New Year’s Eve. But this year will be different – a lot different, I think – so much so that I wonder if Black Friday as we know it is dying. The designation of the day after Thanksgiving [...]