U.S. stores see thin Black Friday crowds as more shoppers snag deals online
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Black Friday special sign is displayed as a few shoppers are seen at a store at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., Friday, Nov. 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., Friday, Nov. 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store that opened at 6 a.m. at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store that opened at 6 a.m. at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A security guard, right, holds the door for Black Friday shoppers to leave as others wait to enter the Mackage store, Friday, Nov. 27, in the Soho neighborhood of New York.CHRISTOPHER DOLAN/THE TIMES-TRIBUNE VIA AP
People line up on a sidewalk outside a GameStop store on Black Friday, in Dickson City, Pa. before the store's early morning opening on Friday, Nov. 27. Many in line said they hoped to purchase a Sony PlayStation 5 or Microsoft Xbox Series X video game console.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers line up on 34th Street in front of a shuttered Victoria's Secret store, Friday, Nov. 27, in New York's Herald Square.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A socially distanced line of customers wait to shop at Bath & Body Works during Black Friday shopping outdoors at Deer Park Town Center Friday, Nov. 27, in Deer Park, Ill.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salvation Army Cadets Cameron DeMatteo, left, and Austin Oberg entertain Black Friday shoppers across the street from the Saks Fifth Avenue store in New York, Friday, Nov. 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers wait in line to enter the Nike store along Fifth Avenue, Friday, Nov. 27, in New York.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shoppers wear protective face masks as they walk past a Christmas setting at the Ellenton Premium Outlet stores Friday, Nov. 27, in Ellenton, Fla. Attendance at the mall was down in an attempt to avoid spreading the coronavirus.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shoppers wear protective face masks as they look for Black Friday deals at the Ellenton Premium Outlet stores Friday, Nov. 27, in Ellenton, Fla. Attendance at the mall was down in an attempt to avoid spreading the coronavirus.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shoppers wear protective face masks as they walk past a social distancing sign at the Ellenton Premium Outlet stores Friday, Nov. 27, in Ellenton, Fla. Attendance at the mall was down in an attempt to avoid spreading the coronavirus.ROBERT FRANKLIN/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE VIA AP
Black Friday shoppers wait in line before Best Buy doors open at 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, in Mishawaka, Ind.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Friday shoppers wait in line to enter an electronics store that opened at 5 a.m. in the Dallas suburb in Frisco, Texas, Friday, Nov. 27.