[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many national retail chains like Walmart, http://bounce.fatwallet.com/redirect/bounce.php?afsrc=1&mid=16441361&url=http://www.walmart.com/Best Buy, etc. are opening tonight as early as 9pm, forcing their retail employees (not the C-level executives) to cut short their Thanksgiving dinners and work overtime shifts -- or risk getting laid off in a horrible job market. The holiday shopping season just keeps getting pushed up earlier and earlier and earlier, in the endless push for more and more corporate profits.
According to statistics, 68% of every dollar spent at a local store is reinvested in the community -- twice as much as national chains and Fortune 500 mega-retailers. By shopping locally, you'll actually be helping the economy and creating local jobs rather than lining the pocketbooks of the $90 billion Walton family.
See www.shoplocalsf.org for more information.[/FONT]
According to statistics, 68% of every dollar spent at a local store is reinvested in the community -- twice as much as national chains and Fortune 500 mega-retailers. By shopping locally, you'll actually be helping the economy and creating local jobs rather than lining the pocketbooks of the $90 billion Walton family.
See www.shoplocalsf.org for more information.[/FONT]