I have worked retail in the past and a couple of my good friends own firearms stores. I have family that own electronic stores, so I have a good understanding of the margins. Tv’s actually have an even lower margin of profit than firearms. The problem with Black Friday sales is Canada shouldn’t even call them Black Friday sales. People see the sales across the border and expect the same here. The market isn’t the same, sales are significantly better in the United States. Our market can’t compete. The only way people are happy is basically when they get things at cost. No store can stay open doing that, the only way sales can be that good is stock that has been sitting for a long time and the retailer wants to just get the item out of their store. I never Black Friday shop, whenever I want anything I research it then shop around and buy it once I find a reasonable price.
My only pev with the firearms industry is some stores mark up items significantly more. Some businesses stay afloat by selling in volume and the little guy can’t compete with those prices.