Two notable Canadian malls, Toronto`s own the Eaton center and the West Edmonton Mall (that happens to be the largest mall in North America) both opened extra early to feed the craz that is a Canadian Black Friday. The west Edmonton Mall opened up at 8 a.m two hours earlier than usual, while Toronto`s Eaton Center threw open its doors prior at 6 a.m, the earliest its ever opened. Staff at some stores in the Toronto Mall had to open even earlier than that because even before the sun had risen shoppers were already lining up outside of stores. Others malls also joined the Canadian Black Friday day, nine malls in Ontario opened early Fairview mall, Sherway Gardens and Shops at Don Mills in Toronto, Markville in Markham and Promenade in Thornhill. Canadians have no reason now to hop the boarder they are receiving those discounts and saving at home. Canadian stores are happy with this move they are keeping their customers happy and are making money at the same time. Mean while America is losing a bit of Canadian business but they still have more than enough people to mount a nice profit. Americans will always be Americans, just yesterday they are thankful for all the things God has given them and then tomorrow on Black Friday they are obsessed with buying more things to fulfill their desires. This is why Canadians are thankful at least a month before hand before going crazy for mere material objects. BANG BANG
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Black Friday In Canada?
When someone were to speak about `Black Friday` they would assume all the ridiculous sales and discounts they will be able to receive from the other side of the boarder. But that does not seem like the case this year, black Friday is also taking place in Canada. For black Friday sales, Canadian often hop over the boarder to shop and save money. It is a win-win situation for Canadians if they were to shop in the US because currently the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is higher than the US Dollar (USD). So, our dollar being higher and the prices for the goods we can buy from the US being cheaper, the question that comes up is `why shouldn`t we go to the US to shop?` Well I`ll give you one very good reason, there`s black Friday in Canada too! Black Friday is not known to be for Canada, we are more of a Boxing day nation but at the rate that Canadian are hoping over the boarder to save money, something has to happen to preserve our domestic income. When Canadian go over to the US, the US is obviously making that Canadian money. Why should we let that happen. So in response to the CRAZ Canadian stores and malls have issued their own black friday sales to preserve the Canadian income. That is business Canada is losing if we go over to the US to shop. In this day and age everyone is a bit lazy, so to drive all the way to the US for savings that are already here in Canada might not make much sense.
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For someone who likes to shop I'm really excited about Canadian stores staring black Friday. Obviously there are many business related issues like domestic income and such, but I honestly really only care about the sales to come :D I know that spending a lot in the U.S will cause many consequences for Canadian stores, but I guess since it doesn't really affect me yet, it really doesn't bother me.
ReplyDeleteI actually didn't know black Friday was such a big deal in Canada. I always assumed the big sales and discounts where in the U.S. I will remember this for the years to come. :)
ReplyDeleteAnkush...*BORDER* lol...not boarder.
ReplyDeleteOne of our peers posted about the upcoming "Black Friday in Canada" not too long ago and mentioned how Canadian retailers were trying to step up their game to keep some of the Cdn $$ in Canada. Students commented that at the end of the day, the deals need to be better to compete with the States (where deals are sometimes at blowout rates) - I tend to agree with them. I have to admit, the deals I saw (at least online - didn't go shopping) were better than previous years, but still not better than say Boxing Week deals we see.
Good post,
- Mr. L
Didn't Black Friday last for, 4 days? Canadians must shopped like crazy
ReplyDeleteI did not know that Black Friday was in Canada as well. This must be the first time that this has happened.
ReplyDeleteSounds like good news for Canada,intoducing Black Friday sales in Canada was a great idea, the fact that Canada will gain some profit and not loose everything to the U.S. I love shopping, and I'm lazy to drive all the way to the U.S. so Canada is lucky cause I spent alot of money on clothes. For Canadians like me, its a good thing for this nation, however the U.S always wins for they obviously have much better deals to offer.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, Canada finally can compete with American business especially on Black Friday. It's still a surprise that we have taken one of America's biggest shopping holiday and made it our own. I've never been to Black Friday but next year I hopefully will experience it in our Country to help our domestic businesses as opposed to going to America and helping their economy. I certainly have no doubt that Americans will still fuel up their economy with spending no matter what.
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