LL Bean Does a Leafpeeping Christmas
LL Bean emerges as a clear winner in my "Someday Retailers will start Christmas Selling on July 5th" sweepstakes. I yesterday received Bean's 2002 Christmas catalog in the mail. That's September 17th, folks. They may have just lost my business for good, and I spent about $50 there the week before last. Every fall it seems retailers, driven by greed, push the start of the Christmas shopping season back a bit further. Anybody who sends me holiday catalogs before Nov 1st loses my custom forever. Let's start a boycott.