Ponce
24th December 2011, 10:55 AM
And this is only for shoes.......wait till is time for food..."After a customer bought shoes, an armed guard walked the buyer back to his or her car".
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Saturday, December 24, 201
America goes wild for Nike trainers as fights break out across the country.
Police in several cities across the USA were called to stores to manage unruly shoppers seeking Nike's new Air Jordan athletic shoes.
In cities from North Carolina to Washington state, crowds pushed, fought or rushed the doors to buy the black-and-white Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords, which went on sale on Friday.
In a Seattle suburb police had to use pepper spray to break up fights in a crowd of up to 2,000 people at the Westfield South Center mall.
Two entry doors were broken and 25 police officers were needed to subdue the crowd enough.
One man punched a police officer. "He did not get his shoes," said police spokesman Mike Murphy. "Instead he went to jail."
In Indianapolis, incidents were reported at three different malls around the city, while one person was arrested in North Carolina.
In Toledo, Ohio, two stores offered a limited supply to go on sale at 5am, and by 4.30am some started fighting for position in line.
Nike issued a statement saying the Oregon-based company was "extremely concerned" to hear of reported crowd incidents at some locations.
"We encourage anyone wishing to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner," the statement said.
A pair of the shoes sells for $180 (£115), according to the Nike website, but they were already being advertised on EBay with asking bids of as much as $605 (£388).
Some scenes were more controlled. The Sports Seasons store in Nashville, Tennessee, received 20 pairs to sell, and allowed one customer into the store at a time, manager Marquis Porter said. After a customer bought shoes, an armed guard walked the buyer back to his or her car.
http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-goes-wild-for-nike-trainers-as.html
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Saturday, December 24, 201
America goes wild for Nike trainers as fights break out across the country.
Police in several cities across the USA were called to stores to manage unruly shoppers seeking Nike's new Air Jordan athletic shoes.
In cities from North Carolina to Washington state, crowds pushed, fought or rushed the doors to buy the black-and-white Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords, which went on sale on Friday.
In a Seattle suburb police had to use pepper spray to break up fights in a crowd of up to 2,000 people at the Westfield South Center mall.
Two entry doors were broken and 25 police officers were needed to subdue the crowd enough.
One man punched a police officer. "He did not get his shoes," said police spokesman Mike Murphy. "Instead he went to jail."
In Indianapolis, incidents were reported at three different malls around the city, while one person was arrested in North Carolina.
In Toledo, Ohio, two stores offered a limited supply to go on sale at 5am, and by 4.30am some started fighting for position in line.
Nike issued a statement saying the Oregon-based company was "extremely concerned" to hear of reported crowd incidents at some locations.
"We encourage anyone wishing to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner," the statement said.
A pair of the shoes sells for $180 (£115), according to the Nike website, but they were already being advertised on EBay with asking bids of as much as $605 (£388).
Some scenes were more controlled. The Sports Seasons store in Nashville, Tennessee, received 20 pairs to sell, and allowed one customer into the store at a time, manager Marquis Porter said. After a customer bought shoes, an armed guard walked the buyer back to his or her car.
http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-goes-wild-for-nike-trainers-as.html