Tag Archives for crowd management
Holiday Season Retail Safety Checklist
How to protect employees and visitors during the busiest shopping days of the year. By mid-afternoon of Black Friday 2008, media outlets nationwide reported the same heartbreaking story: An elderly employee of a mega-retailer had been trampled to death by … Continue reading
Keys to Crowd Management for Retailers
Perhaps the most well-known retail sales event of the year is Black Friday, the day that immediately follows Thanksgiving Day and is synonymous with deep discounts and unruly crowds. In 2008, the dangerous mob mentality of retail crowds was fully … Continue reading