Watching the sunrise

We got up at O’Dark Thirty this morning. It was cold and dark. But today is special. Today is known as Black Friday.  According to Wikipedia, the term “Black Friday” originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day. More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers go from being in the red (i.e., posting a loss on the books) to being in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

We opened up on Dec. 6th last year, so this is our first Black Friday, which is why we had to get up so early. The world is different at this time of day. (Can you tell I am not usually an early riser?) We actually watched the sky lightening as we drove in.

We’ve been open for less than an hour and we’ve already seen several customers. In fact, we even had customers waiting for us to open! What a trip!  I like this Black Friday stuff even if I did have to get up so early.

Day before Thanksgiving News

Lots going on in our store this week. Today is NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! and we have had a busy day.

Amidst all of our customers, we managed to have a staff meeting today where Andy told us about our new site! Isn’t it lovely?

We also finalized plans for our first ever Black Friday sale on Friday morning, from 7 am till noon. Everything in the store will be 50% off for those 5 hours.  We’re hoping many of our regular customers take advantage of the sale and tell all their friends.

Friday will also be the day that we release our Loyalty Cards. For those who want them, we will be issuing a card to be stamped each time you buy a trade paperback or graphic novel. After you buy 20 of them, you can get one free. I’m excited about this. We have talked about it for awhile, and this seems the perfect time to launch them.

And then a week from Saturday is our Anniversary Party! I’ll post about that another time. Let me just say that’s it’s going to be FUN….