Shoppers rush into a store as the door opens for the Black Friday sale. Photo credit: By Powhusku from Laramie, WY, USA CC BY-SA 2.0 – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Today the frenzy consumerist festival Black Friday officially begins, that to begin with was held on the last Friday of November, and has now grown far beyond this with […]
Black Friday is nearly upon us. On this popular shopping day in 2021, U.S. shoppers spent $6.6 billion, an increase of 29.8% over 2020. Combined with Cyber Monday and Super Saturday, which bring businesses even more revenue, consumer holiday spending is expected to skyrocket in 2022. Altogether, our simple holiday purchases have huge consequences. The frenzy of consumerism drives waste, […]