Wal-Mart's Plans to Cope with Black Friday Crowds

Wal-Mart's 2008 Black Friday shopping day was plagued by the death of an employee who was trampled to death.  This year Wal-Mart is planning ahead by neatly and strategically organizing the shopping...

Staples Announces Black Friday Deals via Facebook and Twitter

San Jose, CA, November 10th, 2009 -- Yesterday, in a witty post on their Facebook fan page, Staples announced that they would be leaking some of their best Black Friday deals this morning to their faithful Facebook fans.  Sure enough, around 6:00am (PST) today,...

48 Pages of Sears Black Friday Ads Leaked

Sears Gives Black Friday Shoppers 48 Pages of Something to Talk AboutSan Jose, CA, October 27th, 2009 -- Now that the buzz about last week's false Office Max ad has finally quieted down, shoppers already have something new to talk about.  Today, a 48 page Black Friday...

Wal-Mart Fined $7000 for Black Friday Death

Wal-Mart is to be fined $7000 for the death of an employee that occurred on Black Friday, November 28, 2008, when a store clerk was pushed to the ground and trampled to death by hordes of frenzied shoppers. The fine was issued by the Occupational Safety and Health...

Wal-Mart Avoids Criminal Charges in Black Friday Stampede Death

Wal-Mart will avoid facing criminal charges in the 2008 Black Friday stampede death of store security guard Jdimytai Damour, 34.  As part of the settlement to avoid criminal prosecution Wal-Mart agreed to...

Taxpayers Foot Bill for College Football Bowls

It appears writer Eric Crawford was ahead of the journalistic pack with his article that appeared inthe Louisville Courier-Journal on Black Friday — the one after Thanksgiving, not Christmas.  In Bailout...

Shopping Centers: "awful Beginning to Holiday Season"

The International Council of Shopping Centers (which I had no idea existed) is calling this November an "awful beginning to the holiday season". Why?Perhaps shoppers took a hit-it-and-quit-it approach to Black...

How Much Money Should the Family Of Man Trampled by Shoppers Get?

The family of a worker trampled to death in a 'Black Friday' crush by bargain hunters at Wal-Mart filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, claiming store ads offering discounts 'created an atmosphere of competition'...

Holiday Hustle With Richard Simmons(He is Crazy)

I could not stop laughing, im not sure if people know about this guy but he is out of his mind!This guys goes around and gets fat people to dance there way into good health!So he made a video for the Black friday...

Cyber Monday is a Black Monday on the markets

On the heels of a lackluster Black Friday, Cyber Monday has been overshadowed by more bad news from the global markets.   The US markets set the tone as they struggled on Monday's opening amidst some...

Online Retailers See Unprecedented Traffic for Cyber Monday Sales

Following a surprisingly successful Black Friday, in which retailers saw a small gain in sales despite preparing for record-low numbers of shoppers, Cyber Monday bargain hunters are running into problems as online...

Cyber Monday shoppers search the web for deals

After the rush in the US on Black Friday, shoppers are now gearing up to do the same thing online. Cyber Monday is the digital counterpart of Black Friday. The term was coined in 2005 for the Monday following...

Black Friday Numbers Positive for Retailers

The numbers are in: despite early indicators to the contrary, shoppers really shopped on Black Friday, and retailers are touting this (admittedly small) gain in overall sales as a harbinger of a good shopping...

Police Seek Wal-Mart Stampede Shoppers

Police are reviewing the store security tapes in search of the individuals who trampled Wal-Mart employee Jdimytai Damour to death yesterday in a stampede that made headlines around the world.Identifying those...

Weak Economy Hinders Black Friday

Stampedes notwithstanding, this year's Black Friday seems to have been underwhelming in terms of profits for retailers, as some have predicted."Among shoppers, "there's less of a sense of urgency than we've seen...

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