Black Friday shopping blitz

Shoppers wait outside Best Buy Union Square in New York City — Getty Images

Shoppers pass the time in line watching the recently released 'Harry Potter' movie and enjoying complimentary snacks during Best Buy Black Friday at Best Buy Union Square on November 24, 2011 in New York City.

People make purchases inside Macy's department store in New York City — Getty Images

People make purchases inside Macy's department store November 25, 2011 in New York after the midnight opening to begin the 'Black Friday' shopping weekend.

Shoppers move through a Best Buy store in Naples, Florida — Getty Images

Shoppers move through a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida. Although controversial, many big retail stores decided to get a head start this year for Black Friday and open on Thanksgiving Day or at midnight instead of the traditional dawn Friday opening time. Black Friday is the official start of the holiday shopping season and the busiest shopping day of the year form many retailers.

A crowd lines up to get on an escalator inside Macy's — Getty Images

Shoppers wait to get inside of a Best Buy store on November 24, 2011 in Naples, Florida.

Shoppers wait to get inside of a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida.

Shoppers enter a Best Buy store in Naples, Florida — Getty Images

Shoppers rush into a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida.

A shopper moves through a Best Buy store clutching some merchandise on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida.

Black Friday shoppers inspect goods at a Toys-R-Us store at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center late November 24, 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Black Friday shoppers at the Toys-R-Us store at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax, Virginia — Getty Images

Black Friday shoppers at the Toys-R-Us store at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center late November 24, 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Black Friday shoppers leave the Toys-R-Us store at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center late November 24, 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia.

A young boy walks through aisles at the Toys-R-Us store at Fair Lakes Shopping Center late November 24, 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia.

John Byrum,AP Photo/Spartansburg Herald-Journal

Arriving Wednesday night at about 8:30 pm at a Best Buy in Spartanburg, S.C., Kellie Sessoms is the first in line for the doors to open at Midnight for the Black Friday shopping day. Doug and Brian Millwood and Robert Stoike are behind Sessoms in line on Thanksgiving Day,Thursday Nov. 24, 2011.

Rosie Degnite of West Bend, Wis., takes a seat while waiting for a check out lane to open up at the Black Friday sales at Kohls in West Bend Friday morning Nov. 25, 2011. Degnite visited two other stores before heading to Kohls Friday morning.

AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.

Branson Norris takes a rest early Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, during Black Friday shopping at the Decatur Mall in Decatur, Ala.