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How's your Black Friday weekend been?

Hey retailers! 

 

Just took a look at black friday weekend sales year-over-year and I'm thankful we're flat (although really flat is down since everything costs so much more).

 

But really- I thought with everything going on here in the States it would be so much worse...

 

How did everyone else do this past weekend?

Dina
Co-Owner Amityville Apothecary
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We had a great sales weekend! Our Shop Small sales have gone down a bit from previous years, but the overall weekend has remained high. I think less chaos around actual Black Friday has been good for sales, and less traction for Shop Small has leveled. But overall a great holiday kick off weekend!

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I'm in Australia and didn't really do a Black Friday sale but did want to do a sale around that time but unfortunately my online sales prices still aren't showing up on the website until you get to the checkout screen and it's now been weeks. I called on the day I was trying to set it up. We did a few things and they were going to get back to me. When they finally emailed they made it so customers were getting 2 lots of 30% off and the sale prices still weren't showing!! Luckily I fixed the stuff up so they only got 1 lot of 30% off but I want to be able to promote the sale and can't because the sale prices still aren't showing even though I've emailed a couple of times. I will call again this week, I just didn't have time to stuff around with it last week. I need to clear some stock, hence the sale, but Squares stupid system is preventing me from doing so. 😠😡

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Our Black Friday weekend was solid. Granted, we have moved, so things are different. 

Black Friday was significantly higher than last year. 

Small Business Saturday was down a bit! (Thanks for shopping small people! 😡 😂)

Sunday was significantly higher than last year. 

 

So, can't complain. Don't know whether to contribute it to the economy (probably not) or the move (maybe), but we'll take it. 

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So glad to hear people had a decent weekend this past week seemed a little "soft" but we're still truckin'

Dina
Co-Owner Amityville Apothecary
www.shopamityvilleapothecary.com
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My sales were stable.  That is to say, there was no increase over last year, but I wasn't in the hole.  The usual crowds were thin, and people were very cautious about their spending.  All things considered, I was relieved, which is a weird thing to say on what is normally a super busy weekend.  

 

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