The Wall Street Journal - 26.11.2019

A10| Tuesday, November 26, 2019 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

BOTTOM FEEDERS| By Ross Trudeau

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music

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listening, e.g.

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marketing

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beneath a

pitched roof

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subatomic

particle

57 City on Hawaii’s

eastern coast

58 Love, in Lyon

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Kingdom royal

in Nintendo

games

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countess

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suspect in a Clue

game

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23 Tim Roth’s role in

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study site

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company’s stock

of plays

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calculation

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mallets

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Dallas 76 41 pc 57 42 c

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Detroit 50 45 c 54 34 r

Honolulu 87 76 pc 85 73 sh

Houston 82 62 c 68 54 c

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shopping. “They are the biggest

converters,” said Marshal Cohen,

chief industry adviser, retail, at

NPD Group.

In a survey this year, 58% of Gen

X shoppers cited a preference for

holiday shopping online, up from

43% in 2015, says Rod Sides, vice

chairman and U.S. retail leader at

Deloitte. “It’s the highest preference

of any of the cohorts we have,” he

added, referring to Gen X.

“It’s pretty telling that this gen-

eration has now transitioned essen-

tially to online in terms of their

preferred place to shop. This is not

a digitally native group,” Mr. Sides

said.

Intensifying the draw of online

shopping for these holdouts is the

emergence of websites and apps

that focus on bargains, including

DealNews, BFAds, ShopSavvy and

The Coupons App.

The Doorbusters

Darla Smith, 40, in Louisville, Ky.,

has been going shopping in stores

for Black Friday sales since her

son, William H. Smith, was 1 year

old. Now 20, he joins her.

The two catch Black Friday sales

at stores including Kohl’s, Target

and GameStop on Thanksgiving

night, a few hours after their family

dinner. They hit several stores from

about 10 p.m. to 1 or 2 a.m. “Once I

got old enough, I started just com-

ing with her,” says Mr. Smith, a col-

lege sophomore. “My dad started to

become really disenchanted with

the whole thing. To me it was like

new and interesting.”

Despite the rise of online shop-

ping, some people still swear by

Black Friday doorbuster deals at

stores. Of the around 165 million

consumers considering shopping

over the five-day Thanksgiving

weekend period, 47% said they

would start their shopping in stores

rather than online, according to the

National Retail Federation and Pros-

per Insights & Analytics.

While some are older consum-

ers who stick with long-held hab-

its, perhaps surprisingly those un-

der 25 were more likely than other

age groups to say they expect to

shop in stores. More than 80% of

Generation Z responders in a Del-

oitte report released Monday said

they plan to shop in stores during

the holiday weekend.

“Even though they grew up with

cellphones, they definitely like to go

into the store,” says Lauren Bitar,

head of the retail consulting prac-

tice at analytics firm RetailNext.

Darla Smith and her son have a

strategy where he’s the designated

line holder while she picks up more

stuff. “We move through the line a

lot quicker,” says Ms. Smith, who

works in a hospital’s child-develop-

ment center. She scours print ads

for deals, circling items she wants

to buy and bringing the ads with

her rather than using her cellphone.

The mother and son see the

Black Friday shopping spree as a

chance to bond. “I guess you can

say it’s more now a tradition,” Ms.

Smith says. “It’s just fun for the

both of us.”

Clockwise from top: Macy’s shoppers

in New York last Thanksgiving, Darla

Smith and her son William H. Smith,

Hank Peña and Lylla Hinchcliff.

BLACK FRIDAYis coming up: Are

you an ecoshopper, an online con-

vert or a retro doorbuster?

It might depend on your age.

Recent trends have loosened Black

Friday’s grip on holiday shopping

and changed the ways people

shop. Socially conscious shop-

ping—with an eye to cutting waste

and avoiding impulse buys—is on

the rise, especially among younger

consumers. Social media and new

shopping apps are making it easier

than ever to score deals online.

And retailers are offering specials

earlier and earlier in the season.

Shopping—in-store and online—

on the Friday after Thanksgiving

this year will account for about

48% of around $68 billion spent

over the four days through Sun-

day, retail research firm Customer

Growth Partners estimates, down

from 60% in 2000.

Still, traditional Black Friday fans

remain—those consumers who revel

in getting up early for the sales at

malls. As the holiday season starts,

here’s a look at some of shopping’s

generational trends.

The Ecoshopper

Lylla Hinchcliff, an 18-year-old col-

lege freshman at Kent State Uni-

versity in Ohio, says a class fo-

cused on climate change triggered

a change in her shopping habits

over the past six months. “In the

past, I didn’t put too much

thought into what I was buying

but ever since that I’m more eco-

aware,” she said. “I just think,

‘Should I really be buying this?’ I

now want to be able to support

what companies stand for.”

A growing number of younger

shoppers consider themselves envi-

ronmentally conscious and want to

shop accordingly, buying local or

from brands that promote them-

selves as socially responsible, like

the clothing company Everlane.

“More than other generations,

BYRAYA.SMITH

LIFE & ARTS

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JEENAH MOON/BLOOMBERG NEWS; DARLA SMITH; HANK PEÑA; LYLLA HINCHCLIFF

The

Generational

Shopping Divide

younger consumers take a more

active approach to researching and

understanding brands’ corporate

responsibility efforts,” says Diana

Smith, associate director of retail

and apparel research at Mintel. A

recent Mintel survey showed 46%

of millennials said they had sup-

ported a retailer because it was

transparent about the way it pro-

duces what it sells; 43% of those

younger than that, known as Gen-

eration Z, gave the same answer.

Labels from Gucci to fast-fashion

retailer H&M are making efforts to

appeal to these shoppers. “We do

expect to see the socially and envi-

ronmentally conscious consumer

trend grow and become an increas-

ingly important factor in choosing

one retailer over another,” says Jill

Standish, senior managing director

and head of consulting firm Accen-

ture’s retail practice.

When it comes to gifts this year,

“instead of thinking about the

quantity of things I’m going to

buy, I’m more thinking of quality,”

Ms. Hinchcliff says. On Black Fri-

day, she plans to look online for

brands who align with her new

outlook to check what sales they

are promoting. She also plans to

shop at retailers in her area, to be

more sustainable. “I told my fam-

ily you all are getting cool local

gifts this year,” she said. “They’ll

be excited to get things from an

area they’ve never been to.”

Many younger shoppers are also

drawn to the rising number of sec-

ondhand sites. Korrinne Can-

naverde, a 32-year-old bookkeeper

in Blairsville, Ga., started shopping

with online secondhand retailer

thredUP last year after learning

about it on YouTube. “I was first

attracted to thredUP because of

the discounted prices,” says Ms.

Cannaverde, who has two small

children. “But now, their vision of

cutting back on waste for the

planet has really revolutionized

how I buy clothes not only for me

but also for my family.”

For gifts, “I either try to buy

things that are sustainable or ‘give

back’ in some way,” she says.

The Online Convert

Hank Peña, a 49-year-old married

father of two in Boston, last year

for the first time shopped entirely

online during the Black Friday

weekend spanning Cyber Monday.

Before that, he made annual

trips to the mall, scouring ads and

heading out early Friday or, more

recently, after Thanksgiving din-

ner—once lining up as part of an

early-rush doorbuster crowd to

snag an expensive television at a

deep discount. Over the years he

was turned off by reports of shop-

pers being trampled and the feel-

ing the deals weren’t attractive

enough to justify braving crowds

in the wee hours.

“There are better sales online,

and the sales are online more of-

ten,” says Mr. Peña, an extermina-

tor and aspiring screenwriter who

does most of his online shopping

on Amazon. “There’s now nothing

toincentivizemetogointoa

store,” he says. “It used to be fun.

It used to be a big deal. But it’s

lost its luster.”

Among Generation X, approxi-

mately ages 39-54, many of those

who grew up with doorbuster tra-

ditions now are joining younger

shoppers in shifting to online

THE ECOSHOPPER THE ONLINE CONVERT THE DOORBUSTERS

Prime age:Spans generations

Philosophy: Enjoy the thrill of the

chase for deals and the social aspect

of joining other shoppers. For some,

the outing is a holiday tradition.

Stores:Malls and shopping centers.

J.C. Penney, Macy’s, electronics

stores

Prime age:Over 40

Philosophy:A recent devotee of online

shopping after becoming disillusioned

with the crowds and lackluster deals at

in-store doorbuster sales.

Retailers & Apps:Amazon,

department-store websites,

ShopSavvy app

Prime age:18 to 35

Philosophy:Buys from companies

that are transparent about how and

where their products are made, pro-

mote the environment and recycling,

support causes.

Retailers & Labels:Everlane, Refor-

mation, the RealReal, thredUP