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Is it Christmas Already?

November 16, 2008 at 7:45 am · Filed under Hawaii and tagged: ala moana, christmas, general growth properties, ggp, kssk, pearlridge, ward

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laurelle wrote @ November 16, 2008 at 8:43 am

Wow, you know you are getting old when you gripe about the earliness of the Christmas displays

You obviously lack a black belt in shopping–and are way too young to remember that retailers have always decked out for Christmas as soon as they could, I’ve seen it as early as August!

It’s actually gotten LESS bad recently:
–The rise of online shopping correlates to loss of profitability in brick-and-mortar retailing, since consumers can shop online 24/7 to make sure they got the best deals (Christmas in the middle of the week means that USPS can deliver right up to Christmas Eve).

–Probably for a decade now, Black Friday is followed by Cyber Monday.

–The shake down/shake out continues as retailers try to balance the cost of bringing in all that holiday merchandise with any probabilty of making a profit.

–Last year was probably the biggest gift card year, but this year, consumers have to be wary because the shops may not be around.

–GGP gift cards were big last year, but what happens this year if they are in bankruptcy? Back to cash in a red BankoH envelope? That’s not a bad option.

KSSK– don’t even get me started on them. The kindest thing I can say is the Christmas music puts people in the holiday spirit so maybe they’ll spend money. Sensibly, on things they need.

And okay, I’m going with your other advice on spending, Dean’s Drive-in for lunch. I’ll let you know how fabulous the food is

exbor wrote @ November 16, 2008 at 9:49 am

Wow, you’re calling me too old and too young in the same post! Thanks for all that background information. You know, maybe you should start your own blog…

laurelle wrote @ November 16, 2008 at 10:38 am

Yup, you are both *old,* but *too young to remember some of the retailing history.*

I admire yours (and anyone else’s) ability to blog, consistently, over time and with some standard of quality. Otherwise, I’m just here to up your page view count

exbor wrote @ November 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm

You know, increasing the visits only *encourages* me. Thanks again for stopping by and commenting.

Cramnertcam wrote @ November 21, 2008 at 3:06 pm

Nice blog mate

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