{"id":1751824,"date":"2022-11-26T07:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751824"},"modified":"2022-11-26T08:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:03:02","slug":"black-friday-sees-low-turnout-in-biden-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-friday-sees-low-turnout-in-biden-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Sees Low Turnout in Biden Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-friday-sees-low-turnout-in-biden-economy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Parking lots at many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/retail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retail stores <\/a>were empty Thursday evening for Black Friday, and nobody was standing in lines awaiting the deals.<\/p>\n<p>This comes in contrast to previous years in which shoppers would stand in line for hours on the afternoon of Thanksgiving in the hopes of securing Black Friday doorbuster deals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see nothing. I\u2019m surprised,&#8221; retail worker Jeremy Pritchett told FOX 2. &#8220;Normally, it\u2019s wrapped all the way around the building. Today: no one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/black-friday-heads-online-sales-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BLACK FRIDAY HEADS FOR ONLINE SALES RECORD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/931\/523\/iStock-1302873824.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"target\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Parking lots at many retail stores were largely empty Thursday evening for Black Friday, and nobody was standing in lines awaiting the deals.<\/span><span> (iStock \/ iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pritchett recalls working retail during prior Black Fridays, when stores would prepare for an abundance of shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would get there probably around midnight, get everything set up,&#8221; Pritchett said. &#8220;We let people in early, give them donuts and coffee, you know, to try to slow down the stampede and stuff, and it was busy. But it was also one of those that it was always fun, and it\u2019s kind of gone it looks like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/931\/523\/walmart-iStock.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Exterior of retailer Walmart store in Salinas, California\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>This comes in contrast to previous years in which shoppers would stand in line for hours on the afternoon of Thanksgiving in the hopes of securing Black Friday doorbuster deals.<\/span><span> (iStock \/ iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s a sign of the way the world is going. Virtual learning, virtual buying, everybody just wants to be able to sit on their couch and order what they want,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Retail Federation, more than 160 million people will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop for deals online<\/a> from today through Cyber Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/inflation-looms-holiday-season-shoppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>INFLATION LOOMS OVER HOLIDAY SEASON SHOPPERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/931\/523\/Best-Buy-iStock.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Best Buy storefront\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The National Retail Federation said more than 160 million people will shop for deals online deals from today through Cyber Monday.<\/span><span> (iStock \/ iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pritchett said he also shops online too, but that seeing no lines in from of stores is kind of sad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You miss that relationship. The customers that used to come in, you know, that type of stuff,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, just like a lot of things in the world, it\u2019s just a transaction. 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