Today is a major day for retailers in the United States. Black Friday is an epic event every year down south where retailers put on major mark downs on their products and malls and stores are crowded with people looking to get the best deals on their favourite brands. Black Friday is not just a dig deal for Americans, though, as Canadians, wake up before the sun rises in order to make it down to the border where they wait countless hours to make it through.
With so many Canadians flocking to the States to fulfill their shopping needs, many retailers in Canada are trying their best to show their customers that the shopping experience is just as good at home by offering their own promotions. Granted that discounts may not be as amazing as in the United States, it is still interesting to see stores making an effort to give Canadians the opportunity to save money on products without the hassle of traveling all the way to another country.
Going down Robson street on this rainy winter day, retailers display big signs outside their stores, advertising the different promotions they’re offering. It only makes sense that when American stores are offering major discounts, Canadian ones follow suit in order to better compete against their American counterparts and try to curb the amount of people going south. During weekends like this one, Canadian retailers often lose much revenue with all their customers finding relocating their shopping. Offering their own discounts is their way of reclaiming a small portion of what’s lost.
Unfortunately Canadian retailers have neither the capital nor resources to offer the kind of promotions that they have in the States, thus they are constantly losing out to American retailers during major shopping seasons.
However, traveling all the way down to the United States is not an option for me during this time, but I did manage to do some shopping today and lucky for me the stores I went to had some sort of small discount. Nonetheless savings are savings so I guess I can’t complain.
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