Black Friday crowds fill the stores
People waits in line to go shopping at the to JCPenney store at the Newport Mall in Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 27, 2014. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales.
New York
A boy waits to enter the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York, Nov. 27, 2014.
Fairfax, Va.
Two men squeeze their newly purchased 55" screen TV into their car outside the Best Buy during the Black Friday doorbuster sale that started on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:00pm in Fairfax, Va.
Jersey City, N.J.
A man shop at the JCPenney store at the Newport Mall in Jersey City, N.J. Black Friday sales, which now begin on the Thursday of Thanksgiving, continue to draw shoppers out for deals and sales.
Greenfield, Wisc.
Shoppers wait in temperatures in the mid teens as they wait to get their holiday shopping season going at the annual Black Friday sales event at the Sports Authority store, Nov. 28, 2014 in Greenfield, Wisc.
Greenfield, Wisc.
Shoppers wait in temperatures in the mid teens as they wait to get their holiday shopping season going at the annual Black Friday sales event at the Sports authority store, Nov. 28, 2014 in Greenfield, Wisc.
London, England
People walk past a shopfront on Oxford Street advertising 'Black Friday' discounts on Nov. 28, 2014 in London, England.
New York
Shoppers ride the elevators of the Toys R store in Times Square in New York, Nov. 27, 2014. Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers.
Broomfield, Colo.
A Walmart employee helps a customer load a 50" TV he bought on sale for $218 at sunrise on Black Friday in Broomfield, Colo., Nov. 28, 2014.
Jersey City, N.J.
A shopper buys a TV inside Best Buy as the store opens in Newport, N.J., Nov. 27, 2014. Best Buy opened on Thanksgiving evening at 5pm, ahead of many other Black Friday retailers.
London, England
Shoppers compete to purchase retail items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley, north London, Nov. 28, 2014. Britain's high streets, malls and online sites were awash with discounts on Friday as more retailers than ever embraced U.S.-style "Black Friday" promotions, seeking to kickstart trading in the key Christmas period. In the United States the Friday following the Thanksgiving Day holiday is called Black Friday because spending usually surges and indicates the point at which American retailers begin to turn a profit for the year, or go "into the black".
London, England
Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to purchase retail items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley, north London Nov. 28, 2014. Britain's high streets, malls and online sites were awash with discounts on Friday as more retailers than ever embraced U.S.-style "Black Friday" promotions, seeking to kickstart trading in the key Christmas period. In the United States the Friday following the Thanksgiving Day holiday is called Black Friday because spending usually surges and indicates the point at which American retailers begin to turn a profit for the year, or go "into the black".
Westbury, N.Y.
A shopper has his receipt checked before leaving a Best Buy store in Westbury, New York, Nov. 28, 2014.
The Best Buy re-opened at 8am after opening Thanksgiving evening at 5pm and closing at 10 pm ahead of many other Black Friday retailers.