What I Saw at America’s Largest Mall on Thanksgiving
Controversy over stores opening on Thanksgiving? A bad economy encouraging extra competition between stores? The largest shopping center in the United States? It sounded like a perfect storm to see my...
View ArticleMeet The Anti-Black-Friday-Creep Crowd
What’s become known “Black Friday creep” has been raising eyebrows in recent years. That’s the retailing trend to extend “Black Friday” special sales hours into Thanksgiving. Last year, WalMart began...
View ArticleAdvent—I think I’ll Pass
Are your Christmas decorations up? I hope not. Even though, strictly speaking, the Christmas Season cannot rightly be described as “starting” until the evening of December 24, we’ve all seen Christmas...
View ArticleCyber-Shopping: 10 Great Christmas Gifts from Monks and Nuns
Does the thought of hitting the malls this Black Friday (and beyond) fill you with dread? Is a crowded parking lot an occasion of sin for you? Do gift cards leave you feeling like a failure? Why not...
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