Black Friday and Online Shopping

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In the month of November, most people look forward to two major events: Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Now, Black Friday, for most, provides a chance to do all of their Christmas shopping because of all the deals that stores give. Unfortunately, this makes the Friday after Thanksgiving the busiest and most dangerous day of the year. People fight, claw and trample other shoppers just to get an item that is on sale. For those who do not want to brave the mobs, however, there is an alternative: online shopping. This option affects several things including the amount of people in the store, the amount of money brought in by stores and the amount of packages shipped by carriers such as UPS, Fed-Ex and even the local post office. Several of the big stores such as Walmart, Kmart and Target have websites and reward their shoppers with even better deals online, most of the time including free shipping. These stores will even provide coupons or special codes for even better discounts. For several people, this comes as a much better option. Even the sales associates and cashiers prefer this. H...

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