Retailers map out their Black Friday strategy
Photo credit: Photo by Howard Schnapp | Carle Place: Tina Lake and Melissa Patrick, both of Hempstead, leave Toys R Us after shopping on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 in Carle Place.
Now that retailers have had a year to get used to the hammered economy and resulting shifts in consumer behavior, the battle for consumers' dollars this season will be measured and planned but no less fierce than it was in 2008.
With forecasts of anemic holiday sales, retailers say they have trimmed their inventories to prevent the panicked price slashing that happened last year. Instead of...
