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American Eagle manager Murdered by co-workers for Black Friday Takings

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American Eagle manager bound, beaten and burned to death ‘by her co-workers so they could take her store keys and steal $50,000 in Black Friday takings’

Ashlea Harris was an assistant manager at an American Eagle Outfitter store at the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas
Her body was found partially burned and beaten on November 28
Police have charged Carter Cervantez, 25, and her boyfriend Clarence ‘David’ Mallory, 19, with capital murder
They are accused of killing Harris for her keys so they could steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales from the store

Two former American Eagle Outfitter employees are accused of beating, strangling and then setting on fire an assistant manager at a store in Fort Worth, Texas, to steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales.

Carter Cervantez, 25, and her boyfriend Clarence ‘David’ Mallory, 19, have been charged with capital murder in the Nov. 28 death of Ashlea Harris, 31, according to police documents released on Monday.

Harris was last seen by a friend, who had stopped by her apartment after she completed a shift for Black Friday, at about 3 a.m. on November 28, police said in an arrest affidavit.

Ashlea Harris’ body was found partially burned and she had been beaten. Her hands and feet were bound with duct tape, police said

She was found dead in her apartment several hours later when firefighters responded to a fire alarm.

Her body was partially burned and she had been beaten. Harris’ hands and feet were bound with duct tape, police said.

A neighbor told police that he had heard a thump and screaming from the apartment, the police affidavit said.

Cervantez and Mallory had been fired from the store at the Hulen Mall during the Summer after being suspected of stealing nearly $18,000 from the store’s safe.

Police believe the pair killed the woman and took Harris’s keys with plans to steal Black Friday profits of about $50,000 from the store, according to the affidavit.

The day after Harris’ murder, Cervantez was caught by surveillance cameras trying to open the doors to the store, but they had already changed the locks.

Mallory and Cervantez were taken to the Fort Worth Jail where they were booked on the capital murder warrant.

Both were questioned and denied involvement, the affidavit said. Bond was set at $500,000 each.

Cervantez and Mallory were fired from American Eagle Outfitters at the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. They were also suspected of stealing nearly $18,000 from the store’s safe (stock image)

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Black Friday In Canada Means 1 Million People Calling In Sick

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be new shopping traditions in Canada, but shoppers are taking to it fast.

So fast, in fact, that some 1 million Canadians will call in sick on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday in order to go shopping, according to a new survey from IPG Mediabrands.

Canadians are also planning to take a total of 4.1 million vacation days around the weekend that coincides with U.S. Thanksgiving. In all, 2.8 million people will be off work on Black Friday, and 1.3 million people will be off work on Cyber Monday, the survey estimates.

That’s bad news for most employers but good news for retailers, who can expect to see $13.4 billion in sales on the two days ($6.8 billion on Black Friday and $6.6 billion on Cyber Monday).

That could actually more than offset the cost of the lost work days. A Conference Board of Canada report looking at 2012 found absenteeism costs Canada’s economy about $16.6 billion, and that’s for an entire year.

Nearly half — 49 per cent — of respondents said they planned to shop on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

“Black Friday and Cyber Monday are making Boxing Day less relevant,” Chris Herlihey, vice-president of research at IPG, said in a statement. “And it may feel more like ‘Slack Friday’ to many employers year after year.”

Seventy-five per cent of respondents in the survey agreed Boxing Day is becoming a less relevant holiday shopping event.

Among other things, the survey found 48 per cent of shoppers plan to avoid retailers who have had publicized data breaches (take note, Target and Home Depot) and more than a third of Canadians had already started some part of their holiday shopping by the end of October.

Despite a sinking loonie, cross-border shopping will continue to be a problem for Canadian retailers, the survey found, with 24 per cent of Black Friday shoppers planning to look for deals south of the border.

Canadians are expected to spend $1.6 billion at U.S. retailers on Black Friday, but Cyber Monday, with its online deals, could be the bigger haul. The survey estimates Canadians could spend up to $3.4 billion at U.S. websites that day.

“Canadian retailers must also improve their online shopping platforms or more and more money will be sucked out of the Canadian economy,” said Joseph McConellogue, managing director at Reprise, in a statement.