...Moreschini Black Friday Is black Friday worth it? Is waiting in long lines impatiently in the cold worth the deals that you receive? Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving that starts early in the morning and lasts all day long. This day makes shoppers go crazy and is believed to save you tons of money. Is it really worth it though? Some people say that its not and that they should just wait till Cyber Monday because there are deals just as good on that day. Also if you wait till cyber Monday you wont have to wait outside in lines all night. You can do it from the comfort of your house in pajamas on the couch. In my opinion I think that cyber Monday is a waste of time. I have participated in it before and I feel that it is almost a trick to the customers. I think that they make the customers think they are getting a really good deal and in reality its not that good of a deal after all. I also agree with the article where it says that the customers can just wait a couple of weeks for the item to go back on sale. Some people would rather just spend the time sleeping and couldn’t comprehend waking up that early to go shopping. One more thing that I think you should think about is the worker. They have to be there even before you and have to prepare in days of advance for this day. They also have to work all day long when they could be at home celebrating the holidays with their families. I don’t think I have ever met a worker that wanted to work on Black Friday. Ultimately...
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...Thanksgiving Differences and Similarities What do you do on Thanksgiving? There are many different things people do. Some people travel to different places, spend time with family, and eat a lot of amazing food. On Thanksgiving, I go to my grandmas and spend time with my family that I don’t see everyday. There are many similarities and differences between people’s Thanksgivings. The majority of people have turkey, or some kind of food that they eat on Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, I eat turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, casseroles, and tons of amazing desserts that my family members make. When I ask people what food they have on Thanksgiving they say they eat turkey or some kind of meat that usually goes with Thanksgiving. There are also many different foods that people have on Thanksgiving. People could have foods that they eat all the time or they could have foods that they...
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...In 2011, Toys “R” Us, decided to begin the competition of Black Friday earlier by opening its doors on Thanksgiving night. The following year other stores including: Target, Lord & Taylor, and Hudson Bay Co. followed in suit by opening its doors on Thanksgiving. Macy’s now had the dilemma on their hands on what strategy they should do going forward. In order to determine their actions they implemented game theory in order to make the best possible decision. If Macy’s was to remain closed on Thanksgiving they would not only lose customers to other retailers on Thanksgiving, but they would also lose foot traffic on Black Friday as well. On the other hand if they were to open they would be able to grab a portion of retailers on the Thanksgiving, and Black Friday shoppers would have a greater experience with fewer crowds to contend with. Also with being opened on Thanksgiving, it would create the much need hype to attract customers towards Macy’s, since most Black Friday shoppers are usually attracted more towards the electronic stores. With implementing the strategy of opening its doors on Thanksgiving, Macy’s once again is staying competitive amongst all other retailers. The war on Black Friday still isn’t over, and Macy’s will need to continue to determine what they need to do to win even if it means starting theirs sales even earlier than Thanksgiving. Using game theory was the best way for Macy’s to determine what actions they needed to take. This way they were able...
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...Avoid a black eye on Black Friday Black Friday is the most wonderful time of the year for most people. The Christmas shopping can be done subsequent to a delicious Thanksgiving meal. However, have you ever been elbowed for no reason? Have you ever received a gift for simply entering a store? Have ever been knocked upside the head in a failed attempt to dodge tossed objects? Black Friday is an event of mass hysteria, and yet a much anticipated American tradition. In 1966, Philadelphia Police Department, officially named the day after Thanksgiving Black Friday due to traffic jams and crowding in the downtown stores. Black Friday is very hectic, and if those in attendance for the festivities are not aware of their surrounding they could possibly end up leaving the store on an EMT stretcher. In 2005, The National Retail Federation NRF states that roughly 32% of Americans venture to stores for Black Friday. The discounted products are broadcasted through newspaper and media, which brings widespread attention to various stores that are important to shoppers. In most cases families plan their Thanksgiving gathering to accommodate various stores sale schedules, while other families actually implement the trip to the department stores as merely part of their Thanksgiving...
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...Now that November has arrived, our focus has shifted from the pumpkins and costumes of Halloween to another notorious fall holiday: Thanksgiving. It's an American tradition in which families get together to enjoy each other's company, food, football and - shopping? As recent Black Friday sales have stores opening earlier and earlier on the holiday, there are a select handful of retailers who have decided to go against the grain and keep its doors closed. It all started with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), who not only decided to not be open on Thanksgiving - they are also paying their employees to take off on Black Friday. "We think Black Friday has gotten out of hand and so we are choosing to invest in helping people get outside with...
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...Black Friday is the annual shopping holiday that occurs on the Friday following Thanksgiving. It is mostly a shopping ritual to those people living in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Black Friday is a significant day to many retail stores because it is referred to as the start of the Christmas or holiday shopping season. The origin of the popular Black Friday dates back to before 1961, in Philadelphia, where it was formally used to describe the heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic. It was always seen as extremely disruptive to the Philadelphia Police Department and always transpired on the day after Thanksgiving and thus the name Black Friday came about. As the years passed, an alternative reasoning for the title came to be known which denoted that retailers traditionally functioned at a financial loss recognized as, “in the red” from the months January to November. “Black Friday” therefore signifies the point at which retailers finally start to return a profit, “in the black”. Over the years more and more stores have begun opening at extremely early hours to help consumers get a jump-start on the sales. Some retailers have even started the trend of opening up at midnight. The Black Friday craze is tremendously popular, so popular in fact, that many incidents including violence has been seen in some cities in the past. We wanted to research if Black Friday should be considered a ritual. Our research process included secondary and primary sources. Our primary sources were...
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...Have you ever wondered what it would be like at other people’s Thanksgiving’s? I interviewed a few people to figure out what some of them do. Everyone has their own special traditions. I personally like old fashioned kind of thanksgiving, but everyone is different. You never know what some people might do so let’s find out. At my family’s thanksgiving we have traditional food. Like turkey, ham , homemade mashed potatoes, homemade macaroni the whole nine yards. At other people’s thanksgiving’s they go out to eat or most of the time have the same traditional food as me. But everyone most likely cooks a different way. They also sometimes get alcohol at their dinners. Now my family is HUGE. We all pack into my garage with two lunch tables my...
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...Family Traditions No More Holidays are generally about observing religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations or festivals. But as time passes, people are beginning to forego and abandon family traditions and values. While this global trend is becoming more and more evident, certain cultures still cling to old practices and attitudes. Although the portrayal of Chinese families in “My Grandmother’s Dumplings” is fairly accurate, Amy Ma fails to address how western and technology-centric views have altered people’s outlook on things like family gatherings, roles of family members, and attitude towards family members. Today, family gatherings no longer have meaning. In the story, Ma writes about the Spring Festival, which is, “The most important celebration of the year: It is a time to be with family, to visit friends and start life anew.” Ma describes her family traditions and how there’s a cultural meaning to the holidays. As an example of one of these rigid traditions, Ma states in her story that, “It was considered bad luck to do any work.” In contrast, many people today work on holidays such as Thanksgiving as others spend their holidays waiting in line on Black Friday rather than spending time with their family. The thirst for great deals has overshadowed the main idea of family bonding. This year, many people skipped Thanksgiving dinner and spending time with their families to camp out at stores to get shopping deals on Black...
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...Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, started based on an accounting term when records were kept in ink with red signifying a loss in profits and black signifying a profit. Retailers generally operate in the red (unprofitable) throughout the year and depend heavily on the holiday season sales to end the year in the black with a profit. While Black Friday is not considered a national holiday, it has been commercialized as such a big deal that employees are given this day off in the hopes of increasing the number of shoppers. Although Black Friday is a tradition for many families, in today's society, Black Friday has become a bad sign for the US. As we witness every line wrapped around a building at 4am and as we see more and more people...
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...Black and white; happy and sad. These are both opposites of each other. However, there are also similarities between each other. Black and white may be considered completely different, but the resemblance between them is that they are still colors. Happy and sad are perceived as opposites, but the similarity they share is that they are both emotions. This whole concept applies directly to the Christian religions Catholics and Baptists. They are both similar, yet they are both different. Catholics believe that the bishops are the ones that come after Jesus’ apostles, and fill their shoes. St. Peter’s ‘descendent’ is the Pope. The Virgin Mary is extremely important in Catholicism. They believe that she was: Immaculate in her conception, a most perfect virgin in her divine motherhood, the noble associate of the divine Redeemer who has won a complete triumph over sin and its consequences, finally obtained, as the supreme culmination of her privileges, that she should be preserved free from the corruption of the tomb and that, like her own Son, having overcome death, she might be taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven where, as Queen, she sits in splendor at the right hand of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages. (“Munificentissimus Deus”) The Catholic religion is growing. Francis X. Rocca, a reporter on Religion News Services for USA Today, wrote in her article, “The number of Catholics in the world edged up 1% in 2009, the Vatican says, bringing to 1.18 billion...
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...Income inequality damages growth, OECD warns Chris Giles in London Rising income inequality over the past 30 years has damaged growth rates in rich countries by limiting educational opportunities for poor children, according to research by the OECD, the group of mainly rich nations. The finding that higher inequality harms economic performance mirrors the results of a similar study by the International Monetary Fund earlier this year. But the OECD’s analysis goes further because it concentrates on rich countries and attempts to establish the exact cause of inequality’s harmful effects on growth. The OECD said the research showed governments should focus policy on ensuring poorer children gain better education and the supporting people into employment. As inequality has moved higher up the political agenda in rich countries, there has been a flurry of research papers looking into the link between inequality and growth. Clear conclusions have been difficult to achieve because economic theory is ambiguous and the subject has been plagued by research finding spurious associations in the data rather than meaningful causal relationships. Higher inequality can hinder growth by destroying trust in society, hitting investment in skills and reducing demand growth for goods and services from poorer families who tend to spend more of their incomes. But it also provides greater incentives for people to strive to climb the ladder of opportunity and can provide necessary savings to...
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...impatiently waiting for the front doors of our favorite stores to open, to be nearly trampled upon for discounted items, is a tradition we, as Americans, like to call Black Friday. Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. To get people in the spirit, most major retailers open before the sun comes up and offers promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season. Americans consider “getting in the spirit,” by waking at the crack of dawn to pry items out of other people’s hands while at the same time getting pushed and shoved by crazy amounts of people on the same hunt. We call a tradition; a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance that has origin from the past. Black Friday is the one tradition that I thought was the worst until reading “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson. Jackson uses irony to suggest an underlying evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind. Jackson shows many important lessons about human nature in this short story including barbaric traditions in a supposedly civilized village, the community’s hypocrisy, and how violence and cruelty take place. "The Lottery" tells the story of an annual tradition in a small village, where the people are close and tradition is paramount. The Lottery is a yearly event in which one person in the town is randomly chosen, by a drawing, to be violently stoned...
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...their health. This will also allow us to complete a Care Plan that is specific and true to the individual and their needs. Introduction to Three Families Interviews were done with three families of differing culture, religion and race utilizing the Heritage Assessment Tool provided in the Week Three Assignment Guide. There were many laughs (such as all three couples stated, “condoms” when asked about health protection) during the interview as well as seriousness when speaking about deeply held beliefs and religious issues. All three families seemed to sincerely want to help with the understanding of their heritage and customs to increase the knowledge of caretakers. The first family states they are of the Christian faith. The male is Black, born in Elizabeth City N.C.; the female is half Hispanic and half White born in Albuquerque, N.M. They state they are non-denominational Christians. They practice their cultural heritage and religion at home, and attend church services on...
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...Holidays and Celebrations The book “All Around the Year” by Jack Santino is about the holidays and celebrations in America and how different decorations have different meanings. It follows the change of the seasons and the holidays that fall during those times. The books starts off by telling the reader that everyone views holidays differently and that everyone has their own celebrations besides the main ones like Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have anniversaries and birthdays, ethic holidays and occupational celebrations. Depending on how you were raised and what religion you are decides some holidays you choose to celebrate or ignore and how you would decorate for the time of year. Chapter two is about holiday symbols and meaning. It talks about the kitchen being the center of the house, it is always decorated to go along with the seasons and the food that is created and baked to feed the family throughout the year. There are colors that represent different times of the year and you will always find the warm colors of changing seasons in the kitchen because the woman is customarily in charge of it. It talks about when they start decorating for different holidays and how long it will be before they come down. Neighbors compete against each other to have the most elaborate or most creative decorations for the holidays. It is a never ending battle to have the best of everything. Chapter three is about the winter and spring months. Winter has the shortest days and coldest...
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...Relationship between Religion and International Trade Hilal AKINCI, Yeditepe University, İstanbul 2014 The main aim of this paper is to show whether or not religion has impacts on international trade and how it does happen. To do so, researches about the topic will be covered and some worldwide statistics are gathered together. Empirical Studies There are few empirical studies about impacts of religion on international trade or its relationship with international trade. In shared research of Emilia Justyna Powell, University Alabama, and Stephanie J. Rickard, London School of Economics, impacts of Islamic law on international trade is examined. Two models which are monadic and dyadic techniques are used in this study. The main purpose of them to demonstrate whether or not countries governed by Islamic law are effected regarding their international trade although they believe that “the importance of countries’ legal systems for trade has declined over time, possibly due to the increased role of international arbitration bodies and/or the standardization of international sales contracts (Powell & and Rickard, 2010). This research is important as being the first direct test of the effect of Islamic law on countries’ trade relations. The researched draws our attention to the situation that trade can be conceptualized as the aggregate flow of goods and services between countries but in fact that flows are a series of contracts between buyer and seller countries. Enforcement...
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