LISTEN: How To Do Black Friday In A Pandemic

Connecticut Public Radio | By John Henry Smith

Published November 23, 2020 at 6:25 PM EST

For years, the Thanksgiving schedule for so many of us has gone as follows: family, football, feasting and Friday … Black Friday, that is: the day we go shopping for that new TV at the unbelievable sale price! But this Black Friday comes amid a pandemic. Suddenly, gathering in hordes at the mall doesn’t seem like the safest idea. For a look at how Black Friday might be different this year, Tim Phelan, president of the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association, joined us on All Things Considered.

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