The $3 Drink That Cost a Teenager Everything: Inside Mobile Best Buy’s Culture of Exploitation
In the fall of 2009, a 16-year-old kid walked into a Best Buy in Mobile, Alabama, excited to start his first real job. He was hired as a Geek Squad…
Burglary Alarm Leads Police to Man With Headlamp Inside Box Truck Behind Mobile Best Buy
A triggered alarm gave Mobile police a head start on catching a would-be thief in the act. Officers arrested 29-year-old Robert Gornto on Thursday, May 12, after a burglary alarm…
No Midnight Lines: Pandemic Rewrites Black Friday Traditions at Mobile-Area Retailers
Black Friday looked different in Mobile in 2020. Several major retailers — including Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and Kohl’s — kept their doors closed on Thanksgiving Day, breaking with the…
Thanksgiving Shoppers Say the Long Lines Were Worth It at Mobile’s McGowan Park
MOBILE — Thanksgiving dinner had barely been cleared away before the holiday shopping season took over at McGowan Park, where hundreds of people queued up outside stores Thursday afternoon hunting…