but a lot of people are fighting back to keep black friday on, well, friday. gerri willis from the business network is with us. people are coming out large against these early sales, aren t they? you bet. you know, there are petitions on change did the organize. one target employee filed one against target saying she didn t want thanksgiving creep to happen. i thought that was pretty interested. 191,000 people signed her petition. you find them against wal-mart, toys r us. you name it. shepard: thinking that the petitions might do good against a big corporate giant? no. shepard: of course not. you can argue whether this is a good thing or bad thing. people need to save because they need to buy presents for their kids. at the end of the day what we had last year even with the petitions with 28 million people shopping on thanksgiving day. 86 million shopping on black friday. so people did not stay home because of the complaints. and got to tell you if you want to avoid this who
hours earlier than it planned last year. 9:00 p.m. people aren t happy about it. online petition started by a target employee has garnered 265,000 signatures. unclear target s response to this letter. toys r us is going to open an hour earlier than target, 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. if you want to go to toys r us, you got to finish your thanksgiving dinner. let s talk about lights. l.e.d. bulbs, how much are we talking about here. they re going to be a lot more expensive. no question. lot of businesses and consumers alike have resisted this push to become more energy efficient. look this l.e.d. light bulb is
of ali young. and let s go to anna kooiman standing by in the news room. there are 12 victims here and first and foremost, anna, we want to remember them. you saw the mayor standing next to the president. the mayor of aurora saying the gravely injured may not be surviving. the number of the death toll stands at 12, but could be rising. let s look at the memory of some of those victims. three young men took bullets for their loved ones. 26-year-old jonathan blunk, aspiring navy seal. and alex thieves, a masters graduate. and matt mcquinn target employee, used their bodies to protect their girlfriends saving their lives. matt did what a man is supposed to do. you protect the ones you love no matter what the cost. reporter: the youngest of the victims, six year old veronica sullivan, her mother
room. the mayor is saying some of the gravely injured may not survive, the at least seven remain in critical condition as family and friends continue to mourn the 12 lives already lost. three young men took bullets for their loved ones, 26-year-old jonathan blunk, an aspiring navy seal. 24-year-old alex thieves, the recent graduate of a masters psychology program and 27-year-old target employee, matt mcquinn used their bodies to protect their girlfriends, saving their lives. and matt did what a man is supposed to do, you protect the ones you love, no matter what the cost. the youngest of the victims, six year old veronica sullivan, her mother remains in critical condition with gunshot wounds in the throat and abdomen. the oldest victim, 51-year-old gordon cowden, described as a true texas gentleman, was seeing the movie with his two teenage children and comic book geek and new york mets
early sales and get people in the door. of course there other approaches that they are using including online shopping and still a very big draw for people and stores are now actually sending sales directly to people on their smart phones. sending special offers only available on mobile sites to get shoppers to not only come into stores, but to purchase online. some people saying this is simply gone too far, including a lot of retail employees. one part-time target employee in nebraska started an online petition and got 200,000 signatures asking target to keep their store closed on thanksgiving day so they could enjoy the holiday with family and friends. target complied saying we didn t want to open that early, but feel the pressure on to do so because of competition. a lot of retailers feel they need to keep up with the other stores to keep shoppers in the door. their approach seems to be