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At least they waited until after Labor Day

By adamg on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 9:54am
Christmas trees at Stoughton BJ's

Daniel Sullivan was not quite ready for the Christmas spirit when he entered the Stoughton BJ's.

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 10:30am.

Jesus Christ...

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By Sources Say on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 11:49am.

To say Bah Humbug?

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By Somebody Else. on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 12:19pm.

Could have sworn some folks were complaining of a "War on Christmas" ...

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 12:36pm.

I's not merchants waging a "War on Christmas". They'd have Christmas items out all year round (they practically do anyway) if they thought people would buy them.

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 11:50am.

Holy Shit...it's a little early for that, no?

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By cybah on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 12:26pm.

I was in Target over labor day weekend.. and the employees were condensing their Back to School stuff to one aisle, and had skids of Christmas Stuff ready to unload.

I'll give Target this. It is like clockwork for them. They DO at least wait until after Labor Day to do this. And Target stores are big enough where they can have two "seasons" running concurrently.

CVS on the other hand just started putting out Halloween Candy...

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 1:49pm.

Thing is, kids are going to be looking for school supplies for another month, when their teachers inform them that they need this type of folder or that kind of 3-hole notebook paper.

Constantly frustrating that you can't find a bathing suit in August for the year's best beach weather, or a snow shovel in March when your old one breaks from overuse.

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By Gary C on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 2:17pm.

I always go shopping for new sweaters in February, when they are trying to move them out to bring in golf shorts.

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By roadman on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 12:54pm.

Is there any evidence that prematurely forcing the Christmas season on people actually results in exponentially greater sales than if they waited until after Veteran's Day to start the season (like it was years ago)?

It seems to me that, by deliberately restricting the season to a shorter time period, retailers and their suppliers could make just as much, if not more, money, than with the current exercise of extending the practice of Christmas Creep a little longer every year.

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 2:05pm.

I assume that places like BJs and Costco have exactly those numbers. If the trees are up it's because they sell. The snowblowers are coming out at Home Depot as well.

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By Gary C on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 2:25pm.

Just wondering, what would Lowes/HD/BJs display in that space if they waited until post-Halloween to bring out the tinsel?

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By RickC on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 2:46pm.

Statistics have shown (unfortunately) that the earlier they sell Holiday X items, the more they sell of them.

It's why they keep making the Halloween candy earlier as well. What ends up happening is that we all buy a bunch of Halloween candy in September, eat it, and then buy more for the actual holiday.

I think this may have also applied to the radio business and the Christmas music. The earlier they switched to all holiday, the higher the ratings (and ads).

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By bulgingbuick on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 3:02pm.

Solmart yesterday.

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 3:16pm.

Ah yes. Christmas, Adams least favorite time to the year. Grinch

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By adamg on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 5:28pm.

Not even a crumb ...

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By anon on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 4:28pm.

and yet anyone who buys a Christmas tree in September is going to be looked at as completely bonkers.

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By APB on Thu, 09/15/2016 - 7:51am.

I'm just waiting for those to start arriving just after Labor Day, too.

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By Anthony on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 8:52pm.

BJ's should be ashamed of themselves. This is absolutely disgusting. I could never consider BJ's a family store. Because it definitely does not have family values. It's all about the big dollars.

I'm contradicting myself If Heaven Christmas stuff out at this time as profitable then it is capitalism at its best/ worst.

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