Black Friday in the United States!

Every year, the day after Thanksgiving is known as 'Black Friday'. It is deemed the beginning of the countdown to Christmas. How does this have anything to do with business? All major retailers are expected to have competitive sales, and customers storm shopping malls on the day! That day just happens to be today in the United States! Things have taken a slight turn for the worse on the beginning of 29th November 2013, when a number of incidents involving robberies and violence stormed the shoppers and customers. According to BBC Business (with external references), here are some incidents that took place:

• In Chicago, a police officer shot a suspected shoplifter driving a car that was dragging a fellow officer at a Kohl's department store. The suspect and the dragged officer were treated in hospital for shoulder injuries. Three people were arrested, reports the Chicago Tribune

• A shopper in Las Vegas who was carrying a big-screen TV home from a Target store on Thanksgiving was shot in the leg as he tried to wrestle the item back from a robber who had just stolen it from him at gunpoint, reports the Las Vegas Sun

• At a southern California Walmart store, a police officer's wrist was broken as he tried to break up a fight between two men in the queue outside; there were two more fights over goods inside, reports the San Bernadino Sun

• A 23-year-old man was doused with pepper spray and arrested after he allegedly attacked a police officer responding to an argument over a television at a Walmart in Garfield, New Jersey, reports the Star-Ledger

• Despite Walmart's pledge to overhaul its crowd-control measures, scenes of mayhem such as this one were apparently filmed at a store in Fort Worth, Texas

• Two arrests were made after a man was stabbed in an argument over a parking space at a Walmart in Virginia, reports local television station WVVA

Not exactly the beginning to Christmas you would want! The sales drove customers crazy with some dense crowds in shopping malls all over the United States

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/americans-kicked-off-holiday-shopping-marathon-21046922

Let's hope the customers are safe, and the businesses bloom! 

Happy Thanksgiving and stay tuned!

Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25161829