Nayeli Mercado
BUS 101
11/24/14
Seasonal Operations
Black Friday, an event that some Americans have made into a holiday. Some even skip out
on their traditional Thanksgiving dinner to go out shopping for the hottest deals. I’ve read
in the past that some people will go to an extreme and even kill each other during these
sales. The National Retail Federation predicts that this year total retail sales will reach
$616.9 billion. It is the biggest shopping event for many stores such as Wal-Mart, Macys,
Frys, and Staples, just to name a few.
After researching the many “deals” out there I found that if you were in the market for
some electronic gadgets your best find would be at Wal-Mart or Best Buy. For clothing one
of the top retailers is Macy’s and JCPenny. Macy’s having over 53 percent off on most of
their merchandise and JCPenny with over 65 percent off! These two retailers sell
everything from clothing to jewelry and housewares. For those of you who prefer to do
their shopping online Amazon is having a big sale with new deals every 10 minutes.
Computers will even be sold at an average of 41 percent at Office Depot and Office Max.
Some of these stores prepare for these shoppers by only letting a certain number of people
in the store at a time. For me thats a great idea and if I were managing one of these stores
I’d use the same tactic to prepare for the influx of shoppers. One of the main reasons why I