September 16, 2024
Community
by Alex Lloyd Gross Nov 25, 2022 It’s 1995 and at 9:00 AM large department stores in the Philadelphia region are packed. For the last three or four hours, the parking lots are full and the line to check out is 10 to 15 minutes, maybe more. There is pushing and shoving for people trying…
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Community
By Alex Lloyd Gross Retailers looking for Black Friday crowds pushing through doors were a bit shocked this year, when those crowds were noticeably smaller this year. At the Staples in Bensalem, a crowd of about four people waited until the doors opened. Most of the area stores saw similar results. When employees went online,…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross Black Friday, the day when people sleep out in front of department stores hoping to get a good deal, and swindlers and crooks spend weeks planning to get you to give them your money or personal information. Here is how to avoid doing that. 1 If you get an email for…
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