The Plot Thickens

Well now, lets see. 64 days and counting. Still no activity on BF ads front. Here are today's hottest BF hope for's.

Disturbing news from the sausage front. Apparently eating smoked sausage like tooth paste is bad for you. Who knew? This should impact the Hickory Farms people right away and the toothbrush people a little later.

CVS has adopted an all or nothing approach for this BF. There signature HD Sunglasses are rumored to be the lead item on their BF hit list. This should knock their famous GPS offering to page 2. When I think GPS, I think CVS! This move should increase sales by at least one unit. They are also considering actually having more than 4 things on their list this year.... Look who is steppin' out!

In retaliation, Walgreen's in an effort to upstage struggling K-Mart is contemplating adding "Pot O' Gold " to their already chocolate heavy BF offering. This move could be devastating to the big K as veteran shoppers always seek this one out. Can you say price wars?

Dollar Tree is toying with the idea of a "99 cent special" for BF. While this may not seem like much, every penny counts. Dollar Tree would neither confirm or deny this report.

Radio Shack has hinted that it may be offering remote control toys as their lead Door Buster items. Shocking!!! This news was eagerly received by the 6 people who will be standing in line at 6:45AM on BF.

Staples is beefing up their sales force for BF. Apparently they are going for a record this season. Last year it took nearly 35 minutes for the cash registers to crash. This year the hope is to bring them down in under 30. To make things interesting it is rumored that Staples plans to offer a 8 TB hard drive for $29.95. good luck with that!

Menard's is keeping quiet about their DB's, but our insider says that the TV /tool maven is thinking outside the box and may be planning a battery "sale to end all sales". No confirmation on that one. Stay tuned!

Home Depot is also sticking it's toe into the battery sale waters.
They are planning on offering a 9 volt battery for under $1 as well as their signature GPS and TV offerings.

I was reading a BF blog and apparently the famed west coast shopping maven known only as "The Dark One" is rumored to be sneaking into the Illinois Valley shopping frenzy for BF and then blowing back out . This is serious news. Many retailers have been struggling since her disappearance from the IV/BF scene several years ago. Her return is only rumored but where there is hope there is hype!

TTFN
BF Bart