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CANTON, Mich.: The biggest shopping day of the year began early in the evening hours of Thanksgiving for many dedicated shoppers. The event is called Black Friday but for the, not so select, number of deal hunters who got in line just after finishing their turkey and potatoes, this is a misnomer.
Emma Tills, 35, a Canton resident stood in line at her local Target store for seven hours prior to the store’s 5 a.m. opening. “It was really hard to stand outside all night; leaving the kids at home with their dad instead of spending the holiday with them,” Tills stated. “But the deals are so good that we can’t afford to pass them up.”
With features like $3 appliances and extensively discounted large screen TVs, the situation not only affected shoppers, but retail workers as well.
“I couldn’t even find a place to park when I got here this morning,” said Troy Young, an employee working his fourth holiday season at Target. “We also had to have two people escorted from the premises for getting into a fistfight over a spot.”
Like it or not these Black Friday deals are here to stay. With doors seeming to open earlier every year, many like the Fairlane Mall at Midnight, the biggest shopping day of the year shows no signs of slowing down.
Target’s Ford Rd. location finished the day with just over half a million dollars in sales, about five times their daily average. With that many more gifts under the tree, this Christmas promises to be cheery despite the hard economic times around us.
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