Thanksgiving Weekend Draws Record Number Of Shoppers

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•48 • Nov 26, 2012

With many Black Friday sales beginning earlier this year—including several that started on Thanksgiving night—stores and online retailers together lured a record 247 million shoppers this weekend and took in more than $59 billion. What do you think?

“Shame on retailers for allowing us to behave like such animals.”
Carol Zielinski –
Systems Analyst
“It’s nice to see our nation getting back into excessive consumer debt.”
Adam Puranaphun –
Nutritionist
“As a budget-minded consumer who enjoys rubbing up against people, it was a great day all around.”
Tom Yuan –
Luggage Repairer

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