--- description: Many retailers harmed by unrest title: Can Ferguson's Businesses Rise from the Rubble? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Can Ferguson's Businesses Rise from the Rubble? by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2014 1:37 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2014 1:37 PM CUT It will be a quiet Black Friday on Ferguson’s West Florissant Avenue. The modest commercial strip that runs through the heart of the embattled city has been devastated by rioting and looting. Now, a haze of doubt hangs over many workers and merchants there who wonder whether their businesses can survive the terrible toll — and the fear of possible uprisings to come. Some retailers, like Mohamad Yaacoub, have been slammed twice by violence. His store, Sam’s Meat Market, was looted in August after unarmed, 18-year-old [Michael Brown](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting "undefined") was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/im-lost-now-can-fergusons-businesses-ever-rise-rubble-n256341?cid=par-time-article%5F20141128 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3609496/can-fergusons-businesses-rise-from-the-rubble/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3609496/can-fergusons-businesses-rise-from-the-rubble/"},"headline":"Can Ferguson's Businesses Rise from the Rubble?","datePublished":"2014-11-28T13:37:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:26:26.224Z","description":"Many retailers harmed by unrest","url":"https://time.com/3609496/can-fergusons-businesses-rise-from-the-rubble/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3609496/can-fergusons-businesses-rise-from-the-rubble/","name":"Can Ferguson's Businesses Rise from the Rubble?"}}]}] ```