David Ian Gray discusses the changing dynamics of Black Friday in Canada, emphasizing the extended duration of sales and the need for managing consumer expectations at a critical time for retailers.
Dave Rodgerson is a Retail industry expert with more than 25 years of executive experience working with leading Canadian Retailers in sales, marketing, operations and strategic planning roles. He works closely with both clients and associations that share an interest in enhancing the consumer experience. Mr. Rodgerson's expanded bio is provided at the end of this article.
This year, many Canadians participated in Black Friday and Cyber Monday in hopes of finding outstanding discounts. These traditionally American phenomena have spread to Canada in a big way, partly due to efforts by mall landlords and larger retailers....
Retail Insider reminds you to be safe this Black Friday. Sadly, a Walmart worker was trampled to death during an American Black Friday sale five years ago. The following article discusses variable pricing's influence on crowds, written by our...
The following article was written by Louis Ramirez on behalf of our friends at Deal News:
By now we all know what pre-Black Friday shopping looks like. Throngs of shoppers camped outside of retail stores, hoping to score one of the...
Black Friday is an American shopping tradition, recently adopted in Canada. We were sent videos by readers showing horrific scuffles, including this brief video above...
We laughed with horror at the video below. Who knew a mob of women could...