No respect from Walmart.

You guys realize they aren't "pushing."

People are buying. You really think they'd take the time to run new inventory, reset planograms, etc if the consumer didn't want to buy lights and trees and decorations ahead of Thanksgiving? "The bottom line" you speak of is to invest millions, even billions of dollars of inventory and man hours into a billion dollar industry. And that industry doesn't come from the store.

Yes, marketing tricks, like playing music are applied. But, hell, every planograms, the color of the walls, the way the store is set are all marketing tricks. You and I fall for them every time we go shopping.

Maybe instead of blaming the retailer for supplying the demand you blame the consumer for demanding the supply.

"How dare a parts store stock auto parts..."