Sears Black Friday at the Mall of America. The picture says it all

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherwalton/2018/11/26/the-clear-winners-and-losers-of-black-friday-2018/

Meaningless Retail

If a retailer throws up a huge sale sign on its windows for Black Friday, does it make a noise?

Clearly, no.

Big sales are not enough to differentiate one retailer from another. There has to be something else. The mall was littered with empty, mostly specialty apparel retailers whose employees all showed up dutifully for work bright and early with nothing to do. The lonely store employee at Club Monaco at 7 AM was eerily reminiscent of me wandering my house the night of Junior prom. It was an utterly sad state of affairs.

And, Sears, there is no sense even going there, but this picture says it all:

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@3zva broadcasting from? it's a web article. and it talks about how the mall is packed this year with people from all ages turning up in droves. even millennials and gen z are showing up hungry for bargains, contrary to form. there are photos of stores so packed that lines are extending way into the mall areas. and then there's Sears, with not a soul to be seen.

The place where they were broadcasting from is a block of retailers where it tends to be quiet. It is Tommy Bahama and a cheese flan place. The big stores are at the ends or up a level. The back side of the LEGO store is the rides. Doubtful it was open at 5 AM. Now, if they set up in front of Old Navy or Victoria Secret, it would have felt busier.

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sooooo bogus ..... you could not find a parking space at MOA by 8:00 am! Not to mention this Sears store was packed. Waited in line for over 20 minutes and every register was open!

Here's an idea.... why not take a picture of the actual entrance doors where the customers like me come in.

Now I know this is fake because the poster stated they were a customer and why would a customer be on a Sears employee layoff forum?

The article says MOA was packed. Just not Sears.

sooooo bogus ..... you could not find a parking space at MOA by 8:00 am! Not to mention this Sears store was packed. Waited in line for over 20 minutes and every register was open!

Here's an idea.... why not take a picture of the actual entrance doors where the customers like me come in.

The "says it all" photo:

https://blogs-images.forbes.com/christopherwalton/files/2018/11/Sears-e1543242827607-1200x1600.jpg

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Sears Black Friday at the Mall of America. The picture says it all

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