Hundreds of Aussie teens have joined a stampede into a streetwear store amid the Boxing Day sales as they fought to ‘rob’ the brand of free T-shirts.
Footage of the mayhem, taken at pop-up store StreetX in Perth, showed hundreds of young people pushing their way into the shop as debris and a backpack went flying.
It came after the label’s founder Daniel Bradshaw had encouraged customers to ‘rob’ his shop of the T-shirts on Boxing Day.
Nobody was injured in the mad dash for the 400 t-shirts, and the police were ‘fine’ with it, Mr Bradshaw told the West Australian newspaper.
But one angry mother claimed her son was ‘punched in the head’ during the fracas.
‘My son was punched in the head and had his items stolen by a young adult thug,’ she commented on video of the stampede posted online.
One teen in particular seemed ready for the scuffle, as he was seen running into the shop wearing a bicycle helmet. Others could be seen wearing eshay-style bags.
It came as Aussies turned out in droves for the Boxing Day sales, queueing outside stores for hours and squeezing their way through packed shops in search of a bargain.
Footage of the mayhem, taken at pop-up store StreetX in Perth, showed hundreds of young people pushing their way into the shop as debris and a backpack went flying
Nobody was injured in the mad dash for the 400 t-shirts (pictured, a man inside the store)
Police, pictured visiting the store, were ‘fine’ with the stampede, Mr Bradshaw said
Melbourne’s DFO South Wharf shopping centre was especially crowded on Thursday, with a winding queue to get into the Nike store and a wait of up to two hours.
Customers standing outside as they waited were forced to deal with temperatures set to hit 36C.
The shopping centre itself was overcrowded, with shoppers brushing past each other as they went in search of deals.
Nike was also a major draw in Adelaide, with a massive queue gathering outside a store at Harbour Town in the morning.
When the doors opened the crowd cheered and jostled with each other to get inside.
It was a similar scene at one Kmart in Brisbane, with video showing a long line of people filing into the store at 10am.
In Sydney, the Pitt St Mall was also heaving with crowds, although the 28C high was more bearable than the one in Melbourne.
More crowds were spotted at DFO Homebush, in western Sydney, where queues spilled into the car park with lines seen snaking throughout the complex.
Melbourne’s DFO South Wharf shopping centre was overcrowded, with shoppers brushing past each other as they went in search of deals
In Sydney , the Pitt St Mall was also heaving with crowds, although the 28C high was more bearable than the one in Melbourne
The Boxing Day carnage comes after one retail manager revealed how Christmas is the worst time for staff as abuse rises astronomically, forcing many owners to seriously consider shutting up shop for good.
The menswear store manager, Craig, told Daily Mail Australia that his staff receive the most abuse during the so-called festive season.
‘People are quite aggressive, upset,’ he said.
‘Staff are being bombarded every day. They’re being abused. Screamed at.
‘I think because at this time of year everyone has deadlines to hit, so they take it out on retail workers if anything goes wrong.’
Craig said the abuse that ‘difficult’ customers dish out to his workers has led to many taking sick days.
‘I’ve had a few people call in sick because they’re stressed at this time of the year,’ he said.
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