Who: Black Friday Shoppers
What: Shopping on one of the craziest days of the year
When: Thanksgiving Day
Where: Las Vegas, NV
Why? To get the beast deals on items they want
When people didn’t think Las Vegas could get any crazier, one must think again. Hundreds and hundreds of people flock to the designer brand stores to get great discounts on highly wanted items.
One would think Las Vegas is crazy weather shopping is involved or not, but think again. More than millions of people this year will be shopping at the wee hours of the morning on the Friday after thanksgiving. This day has been known to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and hopefully this year it will help the economy and show an increase in sales.
But why the big hype? Is standing in line for hours really worth the half price socks? Some may say yes but other like Enedelia Schofield has a whole different schedule. “I woke up this morning (Thanksgiving Day) and saw that the stores were open today and decided to go and not wait for midnight to roll around”. This year at the Premium Outlets of Las Vegas, retail stores were open Thanksgiving Day with items already marked on sale for Black Friday. This was done to see if the attendance of black Friday would be lessened if the stores were already open. “Now I won’t have to deal with the crazies and waiting in line. I got 5 hours worth of shopping done in about 2”Schofield exclaimed.
Later on the line for the Coach Outlet weaved its way through the walkways, some discouraged by the line. “Im not sure if waiting in line for that long is really work it. I might miss the sales at other stores,” stated Kara McGir, and out of town shopper looking for good deals. Some of the great deals seen where Coach purses for nighty nine dollars, Banana Republic boxers for five dollars, Revive tank tops for three dollars, and Juicy Couture track jackets for seventy dollars. “It’s been hectic but having the stores open on thanksgiving also will hopefully relieve the stress and not overwhelm us later on” said Store clerk Macy Gillson who works for Juicy couture.
Next year the stores plan on being open Thanksgiving Day to hopefully to lessen traffic through the outlet. More information will be printed in the paper when this time of year rolls around. “I will for sure come thanksgiving day next year to shop. It was actually calming and not hectic like it has been on years past” said Schofield.
