Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Come Out of the Water: Pink Friday!

...Or safe to venture back into a grocery or department store, anyway, now that October is over and the pink shlock has been dumped on the deep-discount tables ...

But no, Komen just can't stop beating that Retail Therapy Dead Horse.

The Friday after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping day of the year for most retailers, is sometimes called Black Friday. Now, one electronics retailer has decided to rename the day "Pink Friday," and donate $250,000 of its customers' money to, of course, The Komen Foundation.

Bad idea. Isn't one month of the year enough? Actually, one month of the year is too much.

I know where I'll be on Friday--hiking with younger son, a friend, and the dogs. And I'll go out of my way to make sure I don't spend a dime at any retail establishment, certainly not at TigerDirect.

As I've said before, We are talking about a disease, NOT a marketing opportunity.

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@ Jeanne Sather 2007.

Comments

[katrina]

and hey black is for melanoma.

Oh
Oops
Never mind

Happy no shopping day

[Amorette]

I'm boycotting any manifestation of Pink Friday that Komen throws at me. I plan on spending the day writing out Christmas cards, watching reruns of The Red Green Show and making some kickass turkey stock.

If it all works out as planned, I won't make a single purchase tomorrow.

[jeanne]

All I bought was dog food and a new collar and leash--none of which benefitted Komen or the Greater Retail Economy in any way (bought them at a small business, the same women who runs the Animal Talk Rescue).