Posted on 09/12/2013 12:52:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Kmart should be ashamed for airing its first holiday commercial some 100 days before Christmas when temperatures topped 90 degrees in much of the country, some shoppers say.
"I do not want to see Christmas ads when it is still SUMMER," wrote a customer on Kmart's Facebook page. "I will not be shopping at Kmart this year due to your advertising this early, I don't care what the reason."
Kmart, a unit of Sears, is defending the timing of the new ad, saying it aired early to announce the rollout of a new promotion that began Sept. 8.
In a statement to ABC News, Kmart said, "Customers can plan in advance in order to take advantage of layaway for holiday purchases."
Another Facebook user told Kmart, "There is no reason to make the holidays into a consumer nightmare. You should be ashamed."
Retailers are gearing up for the holiday selling season, when many companies ring up 20 percent of the year's sales.
"The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the shortest it can ever be on retail selling days. [Retailers] have to start earlier," said Jan Kniffen, retail analyst and CEO of J Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Enterprises.
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Newspaper Carrier Day (September 4th)
Oh, okay. it’s the great creator-god, Tangaroa foot bath and towel snap Holidays.
I just really don’t do holidays anymore. We have a huge open house on Christmas Eve for friends and family, food & drinks, and we have 3 grandchildren that we give gift cards to.
That’s it. It is stress free and everyone has a great time Christmas Eve.
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They could really bank on 'Sadie Hawkins' Day!
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'Five and Dime' - good times - good times"
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Sounds like a nice, stress less day. Stressing on the holiday - I try to plan ahead-like getting Christmas cards ready by Thanksgiving but I don't mail them until first week of December. I don't have to find everyone's addresses or updates to addresses, etc. because doing that drives me crazy.
Or desperation.
Due to the Obama depression, I've had to start my own business, to find any kind of employment. I have an on-line business. One thing that I've learned is that Black Friday really is get-in-the-black Friday. You just break even for most of the year. Christmas literally is, do or die.
So I'm much more sympathetic to retailers than I used to be. There's no excuse for the "Happy Season" crap, though.
I was in Sam’s Club the other day, and they had Christmas ornaments and wreaths for sale.
What office was he campaigning for ?
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You have to read the banter between nickcarraway and I to understand.
Has anyone ever left a Kmart and thought “I can’t wait to go back”?
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