Crowds gather outside Macy’s department store in advance of the midnight November 23 opening to start the stores’ “Black Friday” shopping weekend.
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People shopping at Macy’s Herald Square Store in Manhattan. (Photo/Christopher Sadowski)
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A DJ gets ready to get the Black Friday party started at Macy’s.
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A large group of customers charged into one of the entrances to Macy’s in Lexington, Kentucky as they opened their doors at midnight.
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The parking lot in Fayette Mall was almost totally filled by 12:45 a.m. in Lexington, KY, Friday, November 23, 2012.
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Daily chores still need to get done in the middle of a Walmart’s electronics section on Black Friday.
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Best Buy employees let in some of the first shoppers on November 23, 2012 in Naples, Florida.
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Teaje Price, left to right, 22, and Kristi Marshall, 42, celebrate as they enter a Best Buy Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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People waiting in line for a Black Friday sale to begin at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Times Square Toys R Us Store in Manhattan.
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A young boy is surrounded by sale item towels in a shopping cart at a Target in Atlanta, Georgia.
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A crowd of shoppers browse at Target in Burbank, California.
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Sometimes Black Friday shoppers like to go incognito.
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People line up outside of Victoria’s Secret.
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Sometimes one TV just isn’t enough.
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