https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2011/12/16/retail-stores-staff-up-on-soldiers-in-hopes-of-forcing-best-christmas-ever/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:52:48 -0400<![CDATA[The recession hit most American business hard, in particular the real estate industry, but perhaps the second hardest hit was Big Retail. Retail sales growth was achingly slow over the past few years and this year is expected to be no different, in spite of a not terrible Black Friday that showed the corpse is only MOSTLY dead. This holiday season, in a push to improve sales numbers retailers won’t be pointlessly staffing up on retail sales staff. Instead, they are buying extra soldiers and the latest in weapons technology to guarantee shoppers will buy more this year.]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:14:55 -0500<![CDATA[Sunny Lohmann]]>https://pjmedia.com/sunny-lohmann/2011/12/16/retail-stores-staff-up-on-soldiers-in-hopes-of-forcing-best-christmas-ever-n138175