Black Friday Mall Shooting Chaos and Record-Breaking Holiday Shopping

Black Friday Shooting in San Jose

• 😨 A terrifying mall shooting occurred during Black Friday shopping in San Jose, California.
• 📹 Deanna Lamonia captured the chaos on her phone, describing the moment she heard "active shooter" as thinking "we were going to die."
• 🏃‍♀️ Shoppers experienced total chaos, running for their lives, hiding in stock rooms, and crouching to avoid stray bullets.

Record-Breaking Holiday Sales

• 📈 Despite the isolated incident, Black Friday sales were a triumph for American businesses, with shoppers spending a record $11.8 billion in-store and online.
• 📊 This represents a 9.1% increase over the previous year's Black Friday sales.

Cyber Monday Shopping Frenzy

• 💻 The shopping spree continued with Cyber Monday, with a focus on online retail.
• 📦 An Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, approximately one million square feet, was processing up to a million packages on Cyber Monday.

Popular Cyber Monday Items

• 🎧 Top items included the new Echo family devices with Alexa, KitchenAid stand mixers, and Beats headphones (over 50% off).
• 🧸 Other popular gifts were American Girl dolls, TVs under $200, and instant film cameras, noted as great gifts for tweens and teens.