Can’t we just get past Halloween before we start advertising
Christmas? That’s all I ask. I have had these pictures in my cell phone since September 22, 2010. Christmas displays at Home Depot and K-Mart. Go ahead, after October 31 and put up those all the Christmas displays you want. But, let’s get the pumpkins, ghosts and goblins out of the way first?
I feel for the retailers. It is a tough market. I know this because I sell homes. Remember when our National Association of Realtors came out with the “great time to buy” marketing program? Most of America seems to remember it all too well. Now the car dealer, Toyota, has launched the “Now’s the Time” campaign for their dealers (see video). It all seems like desperation jive talk to me.
I think that if a person wants to buy a new car they do it because the car offers them something that the current ride does not and that they can afford it. I think if someone wants to buy a house, it is because buying the house is in the right location, affordable and the person sees benefits to owning a home rather than renting one. I think placing Christmas decorations out for display before the second week of November is just plain foolishness.
I would love for this economy to turn around and buyers were confident that their job would be there for them tomorrow. But, I don’t think anyone is going to go out and buy any big ticket items or even seasonal Christmas decorations unless they really really (notice my emphasis on really?) in need of the item. Being first to advertise or display the inventory is not the same as being FIRST to do it right like the Apple ipod, iphone, and ipad. Too bad those things are not made in the USA to provide jobs with security to the American Consumers so that they can buy what they make.
HAPPY Halloween
go trick or treating
and get yourself
a lot of candy
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