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Shoppers look for bargains Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg on Black Friday.
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Shoppers look for deals at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Friday.
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Santa Claus rides the escalator to the second level at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg on Black Friday.
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Shoppers relax on the couch outside of Macys at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg during the morning of Black Friday.
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Chris Dispenza of Vicksburg, Miss., tries to keep his daughter Jayde Dispenza, 8, awake as they wait to enter a Best Buy store in Jackson, Miss., Friday morning, Nov. 23, 2012. The Dispenzas waited in line for a couple of hours before entering the store after midnight.
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Shoppers rush through the doors at a Macys Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.
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Rory Binkowski, of West Bend, carries a collection of items while waiting in line to check out at Menards, early Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in West Bend, Wis.
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Shoppers stand in line outside a Best Buy department store before the stores opening at midnight for a Black Friday sale, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, actually got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner.
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People wait in line, on Thursday Nov 22, 2012, for a Best Buy store in Northeast Philadelphia to open its doors at midnight.
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Kenda Leiker pauses briefly as shoppers rush for Black Friday specials as stores open on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at The Mall in Hays, Kansas.
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Customers wait in line in the computer department at a Best Buy store, Friday Nov 23, 2012, in Northeast Philadelphia.
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Sixteen-year-old Travis DeMars, center of north Portland, was among the first in the door for the midnight opening of Forever 21 at the Clackamas Town Center.
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Shoppers rush to grab electric griddles and slow cookers on sale shortly after the doors opened at a JC Penney story, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Las Vegas.
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Jackie Beatty takes her purchases to the register during Black Friday sales at JC Penney on Friday Nov. 23, 2012 at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Amanda Wolfe rests near the shoe department during Black Friday sales at JC Penney before the 6 a.m. opening on Friday Nov. 23, 2012 at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Jessica Wood, right, and fellow shoppers Tami Formont, left, and Courtney Owens wait for others in their group outside JC Penney during Black Friday sales, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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