Black Friday: Shopping madness begins on Thursday in Baltimore and beyond
Black Friday is drawing shoppers this year as always, but it’s a far more sedate scene locally and nationally with the continuing rise of Thanksgiving sales. Here’s a look at some of the lines around the country.
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- Betty Allen, of West Friendship, leaves the JC Penny with her purchases at the in the Mall in Columbia on Black Friday. She started her shopping spree at midnight. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- A shopper sits with her purchases at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- A man who says he is homeless sits on 5th Ave. as shoppers pass, looking for Black Friday sales, in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- Osmin Tejada from Lotus Designs florist delivers a holiday wreath on Black Friday in Boston, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- Shoppers walk down 5th Ave with their shopping bags during Black Friday Sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- A line formed outside the Foot Locker store in the Mall in Columbia for the eight o’clock release of the new Jordan % sneakers on Black Friday. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Gail Owens, right, of Baltimore, who describes herself as a shopaholic, rests her feet while shopping with her daughter, niece and a friend at the J C Penny in the Mall in Columbia on Black Friday. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Asia Turner, from right, of Baltimore, and friend “Scooby” are the first to get the 5 a.m. tablet computer door buster deal at the Toys R Us store in Glen Burnie on Black Friday. The two has started the line at midnight. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Asia Turner, from left, of Baltimore, and friend “Scooby” are the first in line for the 5 a.m. tablet computer door buster deal at the Toys R Us store in Glen Burnie on Black Friday. The two has started the line at midnight. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Shoppers like Anna Szuba, left, of Pasadena, looks for bargains at the Toys R Us store in Glen Burnie on Black Friday. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Jennifer Williams, of Catonsville, and her son David, 15, heads toward the Foot Locker store for the new Jordan 5 sneakers while shopping at the in the Mall in Columbia on Black Friday. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- People line up to get into a store on 5th Ave. looking for Black Friday sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- People shop at H&M on Thanksgiving Day in New York November 28, 2013. While most in the United States spent the day bonding with friends and family over turkey dinners and football games, some were enticed by big discounts and open stores to begin their holiday bargain-hunting a day earlier than the traditional “Black Friday” sprees that follow Thanksgiving. (Eric Thayer/REUTERS)
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- A woman shops at H&M on Thanksgiving Day in New York November 28, 2013. While most in the United States spent the day bonding with friends and family over turkey dinners and football games, some were enticed by big discounts and open stores to begin their holiday bargain-hunting a day earlier than the traditional “Black Friday” sprees that follow Thanksgiving. (Eric Thayer/REUTERS)
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- A woman piles up her purchases at a Toys”R”Us store during their Black Friday Sale in New York November 28, 2013. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- A woman walks past a pile of XBOX One video game consoles at a Toys”R”Us store during their Black Friday Sale in New York November 28, 2013. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- People line up outside Toys”R”Us store in Times Square before their Black Friday Sale in New York November 28, 2013. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- People line up outside a Toys”R”Us store in Times Square before their Black Friday Sale in New York November 28, 2013. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- A shopper waits at the register to finish paying for electronics at the Best Buy electronics store in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- A shopper pushes a cart outside a WalMart store in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- A Midnight Mystery Doorbuster flier is seen outside the Best Buy electronics store in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- Charlie Cooper, 66, holds a sign in protest outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday. Protestors gathered on one of the biggest shopping days of the year to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- A group of protesters walk through the Walmart retail store parking lot on Black Friday in Elgin, Illinois, November 29, 2013. The group is part of a national campaign against the low wages they say Walmart pays its employees, according to the protesters. (Jeff Haynes/REUTERS)
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- A group of protesters walk through the Walmart retail store parking lot on Black Friday in Elgin, Illinois, November 29, 2013. The group is part of a national campaign against the low wages they say Walmart pays its employees, according to the protesters. (Jeff Haynes/REUTERS)
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- Pedestrians carry shopping bags as they walk down the street during Black Friday sales in New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Lucas Jackson/REUTERS)
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- Pedestrians carry shopping bags as they walk down the street during Black Friday sales in New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Lucas Jackson/REUTERS)
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- A detective investigates the scene of a police-involved shooting outside Kohl’s department store on Weber Road in Romeoville, Ill., Nov. 28, 2013. A theft attempt by two or more suspects resulted in police action and the shooting scene outside the store. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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- Protesters gathered outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- People gathered in protest outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- Alex Jones, 17, left and Sam Jones, 14, right hold signs in protest outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. Both came from Wilmington, DE to show their support. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- Protestors gathered outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- Two women slide their newly purchased television to the door at the Best Buy store, which opened at 1am, in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- Chris Cirillo, 24, holds a sign in protest outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday. Protestors gathered on one of the biggest shopping days of the year to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- Russell Jenkins, 58, holds a sign in protest outside the Towson Walmart on Joppa Road this Black Friday. Protestors gathered on one of the biggest shopping days of the year to demand higher wages and equality from the world’s biggest chain. (Kaitlin Newman/Baltimore Sun)
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- Shoppers take advantage of sales on 5th Avenue November 29, 2013, during the Black Friday shopping day. The holiday shopping season kicked off earlier this year, as dozened of stores opened on Thanksgiving Day November 28, 2013. (Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man shops at in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles on Black Friday, November 29, 2013. US stocks Friday moved higher in a holiday-shortened session following better eurozone economic data and positive early assessments of “Black Friday” shopping traffic by some leading retailers. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man poses for a photograph with his shopping bags and a statue of hall of fame Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach on Black Friday in Boston, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- Shoppers are pictured inside an Apple store on 5th Ave during Black Friday Sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- Salvation Army members sing and dance at Rockefeller Center during Black Friday Sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- Women purchase jewelry from a street vendor on 5th Ave during Black Friday Sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- Shoppers are pictured inside an Apple store on 5th Ave during Black Friday Sales in New York November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- A man tries to stay warm while waiting in line outside the Best Buy store in Burbank, California for the store to open on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013. More than a dozen US retailers will open their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man sleeps in a chair as he waits in line for the doors to open on Thanksgiving Day at the Best Buy store in Burbank, California November 28, 2013. More than a dozen US retailers will open their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers look for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers carry away discounted items from at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers carry away discounted items from at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Shoppers wait in line during the Thanksgiving holiday on November 28, 2013, at the Toys-R-Us store in Fairfax, Virginia. More than a dozen US retailers opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Black Friday shoppers carry away discounted items from a Best Buy store which opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day this year on November 29, 2013 in Naples, Florida. One of the busiest days in the calendar for retailers, over a dozen US stores opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Customers shop for sun glasses at Macy’s Herald Square after the store opened its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- Customers line up to pay for their items at Macy’s Herald Square after the store opened its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- People enter Macy’s Herald Square as the store opens its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- People enter Macy’s Herald Square as the store opens its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- People enter Macy’s Herald Square as the store opens its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- Customers shop at Macy’s Herald Square after the store opened its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- People enter Macy’s Herald Square as the store opens its doors at 8 pm Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in New York City. Black Friday shopping began early again this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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- Customers enter Wal-Mart Thanksgiving day after waiting in line on November 28, 2013 in Troy, Michigan. Black Friday shopping began early this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day as consumers took advantage of discounted prices to prepare for the holiday season. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Five year old Brianna Lopez of Baltimore rides on the bottom of a cart at Best Buys. She and her family waited several hours outside the store for the chance at Thanksgiving bargains on laptop computers. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Customers shop at the Best Buy store, which opened at 1am, in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- Customers shop at the Best Buy store, which opened at 1 a.m., in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- Customers shop at the Best Buy store, which opened at 1am, in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- The first customers in line enter the Best Buy store when it opened at 1am in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Brian Snyder/REUTERS)
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- A shopper pushes a cart full of electronics at the Best Buy electronics store in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- Shoppers walk with a cart full of purchases from Walmart in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- Shoppers leave with purchases at the Best Buy electronics store in Westbury, New York, November 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)
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- Rollice Roice Abuan of Allentown PA holds three minion dolls from the Despicable Me movie that she is buying at Toys R Us. She and several family members waited in line since 10 this morning in order to get the items they wanted. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Thanksgiving shoppers wait in line and shop on Thanksgiving evening at Toys R Us. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Customers receive Wal-Mart sales circulars as they wait in line to enter the store Thanksgiving day on November 28, 2013 in Troy, Michigan. Black Friday shopping began early this year with most major retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving day as consumers took advantage of discounted prices to prepare for the holiday season. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Thanksgiving shoppers walk into Best Buy after waiting several hours in line outside. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- James Williams of Baltimore was the first shopper in line this morning at Best Buys. Here, he smiles broadly after grabbing some items on his way into the store. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Thanksgiving shoppers wait in line for their chance to shop on Thanksgiving evening at Best Buy. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Mandy Snodgrass of Essex gets in a checkout line with a full shopping cart at Toys R Us. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Shannon Sweitzer, a cashier at Toys R Us, puts a customer’s toys in a package. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Members of the Parana and Abuan families were the first in line at Toys R Us. They and hundreds of other Thanksgiving shoppers waited in line for the chance to shop on Thanksgiving evening at Toys R Us. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Nicole Cornejo shops in Toys R Us with her children, 5 year old Briana Lloyd, on right, and twin sons Joe and Cameron Lloyd. They and hundreds of other Thanksgiving shoppers waited in line for hours to shop at Toys R Us on Thanksgiving evening. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)
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- Black Friday shoppers carry out purchased flat screen tvs, seen here on Thursday November 28, 2013, at the Best Buy store in Fairfax, Virginia. More than a dozen US retailers opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A young shopper carries large toys towards the check-out register on Black Friday, seen here on Thursday November 28, 2013, at the Toys-R-Us store in Fairfax, Virginia. More than a dozen US retailers opened their doors to shoppers one day ahead of the famed-Black Friday shopping day. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
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