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Even the people in charge of the shopping district aren't as upset as you people are. That tells me it's not abut actual concern for the stores, but instead only hatred for the protesters exercising their Constitutional right.
"Groups of protesters locked arms to temporarily keep shoppers out of a few stores, but there were no major disruptions.
"The protesters did take over the street for sometime today blocking stores but it seems to have been a safe experience thus far," said John Curran, a vice-president of marketing for The Magnificent Mile Association.
"In commerce terms you can think of this as a snow day. There is going to be a loss of revenue today and we plan to make that up during the rest of the holiday season.”
Protest the people that you have an issue with. If you have an issue with Starbucks why protest at Dunkin Donuts?
I'll spell it out for people.
The protesters chose the Magnificent Mile on Black Friday because they knew it would generate a lot of publicity for their cause. This as a smart move and the way most protests work. This isn't new.
I've a feeling many of you would have taken issue with the Boston Tea Party protest as well as the Selma march in 1965.
Even the people in charge of the shopping district aren't as upset as you people are. That tells me it's not abut actual concern for the stores, but instead only hatred for the protesters exercising their Constitutional right.
"Groups of protesters locked arms to temporarily keep shoppers out of a few stores, but there were no major disruptions.
"The protesters did take over the street for sometime today blocking stores but it seems to have been a safe experience thus far," said John Curran, a vice-president of marketing for The Magnificent Mile Association.
"In commerce terms you can think of this as a snow day. There is going to be a loss of revenue today and we plan to make that up during the rest of the holiday season.”
I have no idea what the people in charge of the shopping district, or more importantly the store owners, actually think. With what has happened in Baltimore and Ferguson I am sure they are just willing to keep quite. I would like to see the numbers for inventory loss this week compared to the same days last year.
I have no idea what the people in charge of the shopping district, or more importantly the store owners, actually think. With what has happened in Baltimore and Ferguson I am sure they are just willing to keep quite. I would like to see the numbers for inventory loss this week compared to the same days last year.
The loss would technically be the fault of those in power as they decided to cover up the crime for the better part of a year thereby spurring the people to protest. If TPTB did what they were supposed to do, people wouldn't have so much reason to protest.
The loss would technically be the fault of those in power as they decided to cover up the crime for the better part of a year thereby spurring the people to protest. If TPTB did what they were supposed to do, people wouldn't have so much reason to protest.
I am not talking about lost business. I am talking about inventory loss and it would not in anyway be the fault of the store owners.
Why would there be inventory loss following this protest?
Easy way for thieves to come in amid the distraction.
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