Anne
D'Innocenzio and Tom Krisher, authors of this article, present the topic
of stores opening earlier than the past years on Black Friday. Instead of opening early on Black Friday, many stores have turned to the idea of opening late Thanksgiving day.
D'Innocenzio and Krisher begin with an overview of the past store hours and compare them to this year's record early openings: "Target Corp. opened its doors at 9 p.m. on the holiday, three hours earlier than last year... And scores of other stores such as Macy's Inc. opened at midnight on Black Friday." Many shoppers either came right after their Thanksgiving dinner or completely skipped their meal to camp out in front of stores, beat the crowd and get an edge on others who came to the early opening stores. Also, D'Innocenzio and Krisher interviewed a couple of people from Ann Arbor, Michigan and New York City, New York to present their stories with the Black Friday happenings. Some regret camping out in front of stores while other took part in the online sales while waiting.
Finally, D'Innocenzio and Krisher address the controversy relating to the early opening of stores on Black Friday resulting in strikes. According to Carrie Gleason, director of Retail Action Project, "It [the early opening of stores on Black Friday] shows that the companies are not valuing their workers. They're looking to their workers to squeeze out more profits." Many stores such as WalMart, Ann Taylor and Forever 21 and some other stores in the Manhattan borough opening at midnight and earlier have workers partaking in strikes. The biggest strike, however, is WalMart's workers. They have taken a broader campaign and established the OUR Walmart union group. Many workers "walked-out" of their jobs on Black Friday to protest. Overall, Black Friday has raised a tremendous amount of controversy due to its taking over of the holiday season.
D'Innocenzio and Krisher begin with an overview of the past store hours and compare them to this year's record early openings: "Target Corp. opened its doors at 9 p.m. on the holiday, three hours earlier than last year... And scores of other stores such as Macy's Inc. opened at midnight on Black Friday." Many shoppers either came right after their Thanksgiving dinner or completely skipped their meal to camp out in front of stores, beat the crowd and get an edge on others who came to the early opening stores. Also, D'Innocenzio and Krisher interviewed a couple of people from Ann Arbor, Michigan and New York City, New York to present their stories with the Black Friday happenings. Some regret camping out in front of stores while other took part in the online sales while waiting.
Finally, D'Innocenzio and Krisher address the controversy relating to the early opening of stores on Black Friday resulting in strikes. According to Carrie Gleason, director of Retail Action Project, "It [the early opening of stores on Black Friday] shows that the companies are not valuing their workers. They're looking to their workers to squeeze out more profits." Many stores such as WalMart, Ann Taylor and Forever 21 and some other stores in the Manhattan borough opening at midnight and earlier have workers partaking in strikes. The biggest strike, however, is WalMart's workers. They have taken a broader campaign and established the OUR Walmart union group. Many workers "walked-out" of their jobs on Black Friday to protest. Overall, Black Friday has raised a tremendous amount of controversy due to its taking over of the holiday season.
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