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Images: Black Friday shoppers hunt for bargains

Shoppers in the Chicago suburbs, across the country and around the world hit stores in search of Black Friday bargains.

  From left, Sarah Jinkens of Palatine, Emilia Russell of Barrington and Angie Jahns of Palatine take a break from shopping on Black Friday at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Shoppers carry their packages at Woodfield Mall on Black Friday in Schaumburg. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Jo LaVine of Highland, Ind., left, and Danielle Kunkel of Rockford chat while sharing a bench on Black Friday at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Shoppers crowd the mall on Black Friday at Woodfield in Schaumburg. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Customers wait in line at Garrett Popcorn shortly after the opening of the business at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Friday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Garrett Popcorn opened near the center court at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Friday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.comShoppers crowd Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg on Black Friday.
  Black Friday shoppers line up around the Coach store at Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Jackie Pressley, left and her daughter Alyssa, right, of Downers Grove, look for Black Friday deals in Clark Street Sports at Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Santa needs an umbrella during Black Friday shopping at Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Shoppers sit in line outside a Hennes & Mauritz AB (H+M) store at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. In 2011, several big U.S. retailers moved their opening times to midnight; in 2012, Wal-Mart crossed the Rubicon and opened its stores at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. But after last year's Thanksgiving weekend retail sales fell 11 percent from the year before while overall holiday sales rose, some retailers have been reconsidering. Associated Press
Shoppers browse items displayed for sale inside the Victoria's Secret PINK store at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Customers push shopping carts loaded with televisions at a Target Corp. store in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
A customer prepares to load a Samsung Electronics Co. television in their car outside of a Target Corp. store in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Customers browse items for sale at a Target Corp. store in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Customers stand in line in front of televisions displayed for sale at a Target Corp. store in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
A customer gestures at the doors of Debenhams Plc department store as she waits to get in for the Black Friday sale in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Customers carry a television manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., during a Black Friday sale at a Tesco Plc supermarket in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Customers browse discounts on vacuum cleaners and cookware during a Black Friday sale at a Tesco Plc supermarket in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
A customers carries a television, manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., during a Black Friday sale at a Tesco Plc supermarket in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Associated Press
Televisions, manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, sit in a Tesco Plc supermarket during a Black Friday sale in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Last year, British retail chains embraced Black Friday as a way to get a jump-start on the holiday shopping season. Associated Press
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