Black Friday Kills and Injuries

BLACK KILL COUNT ... FRIDAY Black Friday . the most dangerous shopping day of the year. For decades, unlucky shoppers have gotten bruised, battered and broken while fighting through savings-crazed mobs. Don't become another victim of Black Friday! Here's everything you need to save big without risking your life. A BRIEF HISTORY Department stores start throwing Thanksgiving Day parades, marking Thanksgiving as the official start of the holiday EARLY 20TH CENTURY shopping season. A Philadelphia PR newsletter 1961 Friday" to refer to shopping the day after Thanksgiving. first uses the term "Black NEWS 1975 Black Friday gets its first national exposure in a New York Times article. Black Friday overtakes the Saturday before Christmas as the busiest 2002 shopping day of the year. 2006 First Black Friday-related injury reported. | First Black Friday-related death reported. 2008 THE BATTLEGROUND WALMART 59.1% mputes of all reported КОНLS КОНL'S 7.4% of all reported injuries B 3.7% of all reported BEST BUY injuries 7.4% of all 7.4% reported injuries of all TARGET reported TOYS“R"US injuries STATES TO AVOID* CALIFORNIA NORTH TENNESSEE NEW YORK 39 injuries CAROLINA 11 injuries 6 injuries 20 injuries *since 2006 BLACK FRIDAY DANGER ZONES 11.25% of injuries happen in the store parking lot 68.75% of injuries 20% of injuries happen inside the store happen at the front of the store as doors open MOST COMMON CAUSE OF BLACK FRIDAY INJURIES* РЕРPER STAMPEDE: SHOOTING: CAR ACCIDENT: FIST FIGHT: SPRAY: 19 injuries 8 injuries and 2 deaths 12 injuries and 3 deaths 4 injuries 41 injuries and 1 death *since 2006 SHOPPERS VS. EMPLOYEES 84% 16% of Black Friday victims are shoppers of Black Friday victims are employees STAY SAFE Avoid the front of the line Wear goggles to protect your eyes from pepper spray Shop with a friend who can pull you out of a stampede (2 Be well-rested Don't get in fights (It's only a TV, for god's sake!) Source: FOUNDATION DIGITAL http://foundationdigital.com/black-friday-kill-count/ •....