The Mall St. Matthews in Louisville, Kentucky, was the arena for a fist fight between two men swinging punches at each other.
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The mall has also added a new clothing and accessory store for girls by the name of Daughter Dear.
This year, she waited for 6 a.m. on Friday to go to stores that were open all night and found far fewer competing shoppers. Shopping on the holiday doesn’t bother her. She said she has done it in past years in South Florida and NY.
Comparatively mild temperatures gave ME retailers a lift as they started off the official begin of the holiday shopping season with midnight openings on Black Fri.
He said the men on the video haven’t been identified and that neither has come forward to file a police report.
Black Friday shoppers came to blows at a Kentucky mall on Thanksgiving night in a melee that knocked one bystander to the ground before being broken up by law enforcement.
Director of Marketing Stephanie Blavat-Vesely said, “We’re expecting a very good day today”.
Mall fights have practically become an annual occurrence as consumers rush for discounted items during post-Thanksgiving sales in the US. “Way less crowded than I thought (it would be)”, McMorris said, echoing the sentiment of many other Charlotte-area Black Friday shoppers.
“It’s a little inconvenient or heavy to lift bags”, said Rahaman, who comes each year from Trinidad.
“It’s a Toshiba 45-inch TV”, said shopper Kelly Donado. “We need to shop somewhere”.
“We have a nice steady crowd that’s here, more families with all the additional festivities, the train running, Santa’s here, so taking advantage of the door busters”, Weidel said.
Bay Park Square Mall in Ashwaubenon was preparing to reopen its doors Friday morning.
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The Dolphin Mall will be open until 11 p.m Friday. About 480,000 people are expected to shop there over Thanksgiving weekend, with the peak hour estimated to be at around 10 a.m. on Friday.
