Madness on Black Friday 2011
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season.
Patrons camp out in front of a Best Buy electronics store on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011 in Manassas, Virginia.
Brent Hart, 26, camps out with a tent in advance of Black Friday on the sidewalk of the Fair Lakes Best Buy store on November 23, 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia. He is fifth in line and plans on purchasing "doorbuster" deals that include a 200 dollar 42" flat-screen TV and a 15.5 inch laptop at midnight Friday
NOVEMBER 24: Bargain hunters wait in line outside Macy's shortly before 'Black Friday' begins on November 24, 2011 in New York City.
Shoppers wait to get inside of a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida.
Shoppers enter a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida.
Customers shop for electronics items during 'Black Friday' at a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 San Diego, California. T
Black Friday customers are assisted by a Best Buy worker (C) in the computer department at the Fair Lakes Best Buy store in Fairfax, Virginia on November 25, 2011
Bargain hunters enter Macy's just after midnight on 'Black Friday' on November 25, 2011 in New York City.
Bargain hunters shop for discounted merchandise at Macy's on 'Black Friday' on November 25, 2011 in New York City.
A young boy walks through aisles at the Toys-R-Us store at 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.
Shoppers move through a Best Buy store on November 25, 2011 in Naples, Florida in the United States.
Two unidentified men carry their new 32-inch LCD TVs to the check out register to be purchased on Black Friday at the Fair Lakes Best Buy store on November 25, 2011
People crowd the aisles inside Macy's department store November 25, 2011 in New York after the midnight opening to begin the "Black Friday" shopping weekend
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street ask people not to shop at the entrance to Macy's department store on November 25, 2011