Black Friday shopping lacks long line
The long lines out the door in the early morning of Black Friday might be a thing of the past due to online shopping and the crunch of inflation, according to local retail workers and customers.
Shannon Prunty, assistant manager at Dunham’s Sports in Butler, said she started her shift at 3 a.m. to help open the store up an hour later.
There indeed was a line waiting anxiously outside at 4 a.m. to be the first ones to get a crack at the deals, but Prunty said she has seen larger crowds before.
“Not as long as years past, but it was a decent amount,” Prunty said. “Maybe about 30 people. I would say it’s a little bit because of online shopping and thanks to the state of the economy.”
By 10 a.m. Friday morning, stores in Cranberry Township and at the Clearview Mall in Butler began to see a large influx of customers who did sleep in after their Thanksgiving celebrations.
“I would think the early morning is the busiest,” said Robin Van Dyke, an associate in the home and kids departments at Kohl’s in Cranberry Township. “People will probably get up around 9 a.m. and come out.”
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