Wal-Mart Making New Plans for Black Friday Crowd Control

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Story Created: Nov 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM CST

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores says it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures
Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was 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. Nov. 27, but most U.S. stores will be open 24
hours to prevent a mad dash. The announcement doesn't affect most of Wal-Mart's Supercenters, which are already open 24 hours.
     

Federal safety regulators cited Wal-Mart for inadequate crowd management after the Nov. 28, 2008, death of a temporary employee
at a Long Island, N.Y., store. A crowd of shoppers broke down the store's doors, trapping the employee, who died of asphyxiation.
 

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