^*sales. And I love you avatar.
To me, the story was quite sad. I don't know if the store did it or not, but if it was my store I would've shut it down and told everyone to get the hell out. (The link wouldn't work when I clicked it.)
I work at a Walmart, and I got to close that night, so I avoided all the Black Friday madness, but it doesn't surprise me the customers didn't care. They don't care normally.