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Walmart stores will open on Thanksgiving to ease Black Fridayby The Associated Press
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart plans to keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures on Thanksgiving weekend. The company says its decision is a result of a temporary employee being trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.
The world's largest retailer says day-after-Thanksgiving sales will begin at 5 a.m. on Nov. 27 but most stores in the United States will be open 24 hours to prevent out-of-control dashes by customers. The announcement doesn't affect most of Walmart's Supercenters, which are already open 24 hours. Federal safety regulators cited Walmart for inadequate crowd management after the death of a temporary employee at a store in Long Island, N.Y., last Nov. 28. A crowd of shoppers broke down the store's doors, trapping the employee, who died of asphyxiation. Most PopularMore Good StuffAdvertisement
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