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The special offers of many shops and retailers have led to sometimes chaotic scenes in several German cities.
In Mannheim, for example, customers stormed the shops in the city center so much that the police had to order additional emergency services and some shops had to close temporarily.
The trams were also significantly hindered by queues in front of the shops, some 200 meters long, the officials said on Saturday.
Again and again, the police had to urge compliance with the corona restrictions, warn against minimum distances and wear mouth and nose protection.
On Friday afternoon, the officials were so overwhelmed that they had to request additional workers from nearby Heidelberg in order to master the situation.
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Several stores have let in too many customers, it said.
Some management were powerless in the onslaught, others inactive.
Two quick service restaurants had to be temporarily closed to reduce the number of customers.
The operator is now being investigated on suspicion of violating the applicable corona rules.
Police are also preparing for the weekend
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Since some dealers are turning the discount day into a "Black Week", the police are also providing staff on weekends.
Business operators were asked to improve their Corona concepts in order to comply with customer limits.
The police and law enforcement officers also had to intervene in some metropolises in North Rhine-Westphalia.
In Bielefeld, for example, passers-by had gathered so tightly in some places in the pedestrian zone that the distance rules were no longer observed, said a spokesman for the city administration.
In some cases, no masks were worn.
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Employees of the public order office had therefore reminded consumers of the regulations with megaphones.
According to local media reports, additional workers had to be requested here as well.
“Shortly before the loss of control” is the title of an article in the “Westfalen Blatt”.
In addition, the city appealed to citizens via the local radio station “Radio Bielefeld” to refrain from driving into the city center for the moment and to postpone shopping.
According to the city administration, two shopping centers in Cologne also had to close their doors temporarily.
Similar problems have been reported from the Netherlands.
Rotterdam's Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb therefore closed shops early due to overcrowding in the city center.
That was done in the evening in consultation with the shop owners, reported the Dutch news agency ANP on Friday.
Appeals not to go to the center of the Dutch port metropolis would not have helped.