Hundreds of Perth teenagers ‘squeeze’ through streetwear store StreetX in ‘crazy’ Boxing Day sale

There was a chaotic stampede in a Perth laneway after the StreetX store announced it was giving away t-shirts to Australian teenagers on Boxing Day.

Footage on Instagram showed hundreds of StreetX fans pushing their way through the crowds to get into the store.

The brand’s founder, Daniel Bradshaw, urged customers to “loot” his T-shirt shop during the raffle.

No one was hurt in the frenzied scramble for 400 T-shirts and police were “good” at crowd behaviour, Mr Bradshaw said. Western Australian newspaper.

There was a queue outside the shop at 11pm on Christmas night, and at 9am the next day, a queue appeared, with mostly young men rushing down Shafto Lane.

The video captured teenagers preparing for the rush: one put a bicycle helmet on his head, and the others strapped bags over their shoulders.

When the door finally opened, the shirts were cleaned in 30 seconds.

“We wanted to give our customers something interesting. We made the entire store free. You could ‘steal’ 400 items there,” Mr Bradshaw said.

“It was gone in 30 seconds. It was crazy. It’s just crowding people.”

Both Mr Bradshaw and the police were pleased with the teenagers’ behaviour, although one mother was furious after her son was “struck in the head” during the rush.

“My son got punched in the head and had his stuff stolen by a young thug,” she captioned a video of the rush on StreetX’s Instagram.

“I understand what you’re trying to do, but not having any control over the violence is just not okay.”

Others also commented on StreetX’s Instagram post, noting how chaotic the event was.

“It was destroyed,” said one.

“Craaaazy cmon now,” said another.

“Nothing is worth the fuss,” added a third.

The chaos came as many Australians hit the shops on Boxing Day to grab a bargain at the end of the year.

Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall was packed with people queuing for hours in the heat, while queues lined up at DFO Homebush car park in the city’s west.

At the DFO South Wharf shopping complex, Melbourne residents queued for hours in 36C heat.

A snaking line was seen outside the Nike store, reportedly waiting for up to two hours.

According to the Retailers Association of Australia, at least $1.3 billion is expected to be invested in businesses across the country during the sales period, almost two per cent more than in 2023.