Boxing Day has lost its luster
Just feels like it, some years ago, the forums used to be flooded with hot deals coming up. Now it seems everyone has a thread asking if they have found a deal?
Also, it appears lot of weekly sales deals have been re-hashed to make it look like Boxing Day deals even when they are not. I also don't see massive count downs and timers posted on websites like Black Friday. Even though Black Friday is not an official holiday it seems to have a ton more momentum than Boxing Day. I strolled the mall with my young family last night and I did not see the kind of posters and signs I had noticed on BF. I was in Richmond, BC Canada.
I looked briefly through the flyers this AM, hoping to scout some deals on sound bars and some other items. Don't see anything out of the ordinary, or something I'd not seen any other time of the year.
IMO, the golden days of Boxing Day were during the rise of computers/electronics. Everyone was trying to get a desktop or a projection screen TV for their home. Things were expensive back then, margins were huge and discounts were deep. Heck even mobile carriers gave away real stuff like digital cameras and few hundred in gift cards.
Glory days are gone, I don't expect Boxing Day to make a return anytime soon. Until baby boomers and retail is surviving, we will continue to see some push for Boxing Day, otherwise Millenials are going to check out and do their Cyber clicks on BF and CM and call it a year.
Let me know if you notice the same. Just wanted to have a polite thoughtful discussion about this. I am just posting my observations and would love to listen to yours.
Stay safe everyone and have a very Merry Christmas.
Also, it appears lot of weekly sales deals have been re-hashed to make it look like Boxing Day deals even when they are not. I also don't see massive count downs and timers posted on websites like Black Friday. Even though Black Friday is not an official holiday it seems to have a ton more momentum than Boxing Day. I strolled the mall with my young family last night and I did not see the kind of posters and signs I had noticed on BF. I was in Richmond, BC Canada.
I looked briefly through the flyers this AM, hoping to scout some deals on sound bars and some other items. Don't see anything out of the ordinary, or something I'd not seen any other time of the year.
IMO, the golden days of Boxing Day were during the rise of computers/electronics. Everyone was trying to get a desktop or a projection screen TV for their home. Things were expensive back then, margins were huge and discounts were deep. Heck even mobile carriers gave away real stuff like digital cameras and few hundred in gift cards.
Glory days are gone, I don't expect Boxing Day to make a return anytime soon. Until baby boomers and retail is surviving, we will continue to see some push for Boxing Day, otherwise Millenials are going to check out and do their Cyber clicks on BF and CM and call it a year.
Let me know if you notice the same. Just wanted to have a polite thoughtful discussion about this. I am just posting my observations and would love to listen to yours.
Stay safe everyone and have a very Merry Christmas.