Shoppers were busy south of the border before sunrise Friday, many having lined up overnight.
Andrea Russell fills her shopping cart in this Tonawanda Target Friday morning.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
The Canadian and American border crossing at Lewiston-Queenston from Ontario to New York is empty around one o'clock Friday morning.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
The early hour didn’t stop shoppers from descending on this Best Buy in Tonawanda, N.Y., just outside Buffalo.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Canadian Tracey Daub is ready to head home with her purchases around 3 a.m.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Eric Peters is going home with a new 32-inch television.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Shoppers stroll through a Target in Tonawanda around 3 a.m.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
People began shopping at this Target in Burbank, Calif., on Thursday evening. Many stores opened earlier than usual this year to capitalize on bargain hunters.JONATHAN ALCORN/Reuters
Annette and Jimmy McClellan shop for knives at a Wal-Mart store in Chicago.JOHN GRESS/Reuters
Shoppers carry shopping bags as they leave Macy's in New York City - before the sun has a chance to rise.KEITH BEDFORD/Reuters
Shoppers fill the streets in Herald Square, outside Macy’s, in New York City early Friday. Black Friday has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the U.S.KEITH BEDFORD/Reuters
Shoppers look over items on sale at a Macy's store in New York.KEITH BEDFORD/Reuters
Jason Um, left, and Steven Le joke around while sitting with their bags while shopping at a mall in Cerritos, Calif.BRET HARTMAN/Reuters
Consumers fill a Disney store in Glendale, Calif.Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press
Hollister Co. attracted Black Friday shoppers with a lifeguard model outside their store in Glendale, Calif.Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press
Becky Hind, left, of Roseville, Calif., and her sister Sherie Cobb of Ferndale, Wash., leave Bellis Fair Mall after a Black Friday middle of the night shopping spree in Bellingham, Wash.Jeff Vinnick/The Globe and Mail
Two women exit the Target store in the Bellis Fair Mall after shopping during the early morning on Black Friday.Jeff Vinnick/The Globe and Mail
Shoppers continued to file through the Walden Galleria mall in Buffalo all afternoon.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
As the day wore on, many could be found on benches or chairs throughout the mall.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Or on any piece of floor space they could find, like Canadians Melissa Murdoch, Mariette McAllister and Rebecca Czerlau who made the trip from Port Colborne, Ont.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Priyanka Wale, 18 months, shops with her parents at the Walden Galleria mall.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail