[KarlInOhio]

I'm used to some times Christmas shopping when the parking lots are literally full to the point where you have to follow someone coming out of the store to get their spot. The lots were nowhere close to being full this year. Unless online shopping has more than doubled, this was a very bad year for Christmas shopping.

[lacrew]

I also took note of the lack of overflowing parking lots, and more particularly, the lack of traffic jams.

Our office is near the commercial area of town; and, I remember Christmas seasons where I couldn’t even drive to a fast food place to get lunch...total traffic snarl.

Non of that this year. I understand that online sales are taking some of the sales away (and that’s not a good thing for local small business anyway); but, the volume was clearly down.

I had to pick something up at Wal Mart on Black Friday, in the P.M....wasn’t crowded in the least bit. Then I turned on the radio and heard about the great day retailers were having. A very Soviet experience.

[lacrew]

I also took note of the lack of overflowing parking lots, and more particularly, the lack of traffic jams.

Our office is near the commercial area of town; and, I remember Christmas seasons where I couldn’t even drive to a fast food place to get lunch...total traffic snarl.

Non of that this year. I understand that online sales are taking some of the sales away (and that’s not a good thing for local small business anyway); but, the volume was clearly down.

I had to pick something up at Wal Mart on Black Friday, in the P.M....wasn’t crowded in the least bit. Then I turned on the radio and heard about the great day retailers were having. A very Soviet experience.