Philly Inquirer
Black Friday’s big draw: Youth
Indeed, at 4 a.m., the Cherry Hill Mall had the air of a Saturday afternoon, with hundreds of youth filling it’s cavernous space.
They crowded in stores such as Hollister and Abercrombie and Fitch where equally young male models posed shirtless in shorts.
Why? Maybe now Black Friday has become such a marathon that only the young have the stamina with retailers opening stores earlier than ever this year-on Thanksgiving night, instead of midnight or later on Black Friday.
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Indeed. Just look around.
Obama voters
Schadenfreude on November 23, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Sure they weren’t mobbed for their clothes?
apostic on November 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Abercrombie & Fitch (incl. Hollister) target 14-18 demo. This same age group also happen to be too young to have credit cards. That’s why the lineup is usually about 1.5 mile and takes over the whole damn mall.
lester on November 23, 2012 at 1:37 PM
We’re raising this new generation right: American Idol, Kardashians, Obama, shopping riots, little or no responsibility for anything. Perfect young Democrats on the way up.
TarheelBen on November 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Welcome to Obama’s AmeriKa, circa 2012, Nov.
Schadenfreude on November 23, 2012 at 1:42 PM
AmeriKa has no more shame and decency.
Schadenfreude on November 23, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Well, not all of them, someone got it.
Parents Fed Up With Daughter’s Behavior Publicly Shame Her With Sign at Busy Intersection: ‘I Sneak Boys in at 3:00a.m. and Disrespect My Parents’
JPeterman on November 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Maybe if they hadn’t given their daughter a tramp name, she wouldn’t be acting like a tramp. What the hell did they think “Jasmine” was going to become — a corporate CEO? I’m just sayin’…
Rational Thought on November 23, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Any good economic news (even bargain-crazed shoppers) is refreshing!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 23, 2012 at 2:43 PM
All the shopping in my area must have happened last night. I went out to the grocery store and there was almost no traffic anywhere in places where there’s ALWAYS traffic. Looks like everyone stayed home today.
The Rogue Tomato on November 23, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Of course it appeals to the yoots bcuz it’s just a continuation of the camp-out-and-sleep-in-line generations we started raising in the 1980s to be the first to get or see everything from movies to techtoys. And it appeals to the young bcuz they don’t have the benefit of experience to know what they’re getting–or NOT getting–like the young woman who ended up buying a different TV bcuz the one on sale that lured her in sold out before she got there. Who remembers the insanities that prevailed in the mid 1970s with Cabbage Patch dolls? Or TickleMeElmo and Furbys in the mid/late 1990s?
stukinIL4now on November 23, 2012 at 3:23 PM