Black Friday – News Stories About Black Friday - Page 7

Dec 2, 2008 9:32 AM CST

Was Wal-Mart Trampling a Crime?

Experts mixed on whether death can be prosecuted

(Newser) - Trampling a Long Island Wal-Mart worker in a frenzied rush for flat-screen TVs may be a prosecutable crime, reports Newsday, but experts are split. “In order to prosecute a homicide, you have to establish that someone caused a death," said a lawyer. "If I stepped on his...

Holiday Sales Surge
on Deep Discounts

Dec 1, 2008 7:19 AM CST

Holiday Sales Surge on Deep Discounts

But retailers worry huge bargains may cut deeply into their profits

(Newser) - Desperate retailers received a jolt of good news this weekend as shoppers poured into stores and spent 7% more—an average $372.57 each—than they did a year ago, reports the New York Times. But Black Friday glee may be replaced with gloom as retailers tote up the slim...

Shoppers Are Even
Grinchier Than Expected

Dec 1, 2008 3:16 AM CST

Shoppers Are Even Grinchier Than Expected

Over a third of shoppers spent less than the same time last year

(Newser) - Holiday shopping sales are looking even worse than forecast, Reuters reports. A new survey conducted over the traditional weekend launch of holiday gift-buying, found that 38% of shoppers said they spent less over the weekend than during the same period last year—and 30% were unimpressed by this year's discounts....

Wal-Mart Death a Fitting
Symbol of the Times

ANALYSIS

Nov 30, 2008 1:54 PM CST

Wal-Mart Death a Fitting Symbol of the Times

Desperate consumers, ailing economy make for dangerous combination

(Newser) - When shoppers charged into a Long Island Wal-Mart at the stroke of 5am Friday and trampled to death a temp who happened to get between them and the $388 flatscreen TVs inside,“it was a tragedy, yet it did not feel like an accident,” Peter Goodman writes in...

Wal-Mart Worker Killed in Black Friday Stampede

Nov 28, 2008 9:42 AM CST

Wal-Mart Worker Killed in Black Friday Stampede

Another woman miscarries

(Newser) - Black Friday bargain hunters trampled an employee to death this morning at a Long Island Wal-Mart, the New York Daily News reports. Another woman had a miscarriage in the stampede. The unidentified employee had been trying to hold the unruly crowd back, but the crowd knocked him down and ran...

Twitchy Retail
Braces for
Black Season

Nov 28, 2008 8:33 AM CST

Twitchy Retail Braces for Black Season

'Black Friday' starts days early and continues throughout season

(Newser) - For years, retailers across America have dubbed today Black Friday, when shoppers descend like locusts on cut-price merchandise to signal the start of the holiday season. But as the New York Times reports, stores have been slashing prices for weeks now, often with little effect. From toys to electronics to...

'Black Friday' Not Such a Deal

Dec 28, 2007 6:03 PM CST

'Black Friday' Not Such a Deal

Globe investigation finds better deals closer to Christmas

(Newser) - With the holiday shop-fest all but over, the Boston Globe reports that the day after Thanksgiving doesn't always yield the best bargains, as consumers have been led to believe. The paper surveyed prices for 52 consumer-electronics products during the holiday shopping season—and found that only five were cheapest on...

Holiday E-Commerce Still Suffers Growing Pains

Dec 15, 2007 10:14 AM CST

Holiday E-Commerce Still Suffers Growing Pains

Net surfing window shoppers blamed for crashes, meltdowns

(Newser) - As online retailers post record sales this year, holiday e-commerce meltdowns show that stores still don't have the kinks ironed out of their sites. Despite increased capacity on retail sites, crashes such as Sears.com's eight-hour Black Friday crash and Yahoo Shopping's 10-hour Cyber Monday outage continue to plague holiday...

Retail Leads Black Friday Rally

MARKETS

Nov 23, 2007 2:34 PM CST

Retail Leads Black Friday Rally

Wal-Mart, Target, JC Penney all gain; Citigroup rebounds

(Newser) - Stocks rose in an abbreviated session today, cutting losses for the week as early-bird Christmas shopping gave reason for optimism. "The fact that Black Friday is not a disaster and is off to a modest but healthy start is just a relief,'' one analyst told Bloomberg. The Dow...