People rush towards the electronics section of Target for Black Friday sales Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Winona, Minn. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Sydney Swanson)
A teenage boy waits for his family to finish shopping at a J.C. Penney store, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Las Vegas. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
People check out after shopping during Black Friday at Best Buy, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Bowling Green, Ky. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/Daily News, Alex Slitz)
Veronika Goddard , 5, waits for the Toyzam store to open during Black Friday at Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo//The Arizona Republic, Nick Oza )
Savannah Miller approves of a sample at Perfumania during Black Friday sales at the Paradise Valley Mall at Tatum and Cactus in Phoenix, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Dave Seibert)
In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, photo, Sheila Bullock, 28, carries a toy car in her cart at a Target store, in Phoenix. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)
Fropm left to right: sisters Melanie, Stacia and Emily Ashbrook, along with Nikki Benton and Amber Clower, and behind them in line, Casey Brown and Brianna Cole, all sit waiting for J.C. Penney to open during Black Friday shopping at West Town Mall, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)
In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, photo, shoppers fill their carts at a Target store, in Phoenix. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)
From left to right, Marivel Johnson of Merrillville, Ind, Brittney Johnson of Atlanta and Janet Edwards of Louisville, Ky., take a break from shopping during Black Friday at West Town Mall, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)
Shoppers stream into the Nebraska Furniture Mart as doors open for Black Friday deals Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 in Omaha Neb. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Kent Sievers)
Matt Loughran, Cabela's event manager, uses a head-mounted GoPro camera to record the Black Friday shoppers streaming through the doors at Cabela's on Black Friday, November 23, 2012 in LaVista Neb. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Kent Sievers)
A crowd gathers as security guards break up a fight between shoppers waiting in line just as the doors open for Black Friday shopping at Target, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Bowling Green, Ky. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. After testing how shoppers would respond to earlier hours last year, stores such as Target and Toys R Us this year opened as early as Thanksgiving evening. That created two separate waves of shoppers. (AP Photo/Daily News, Alex Slitz)
A shopper drags her purchases past a line of customers waiting to pay at a J.C. Penney store, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Las Vegas. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Shoppers rush to grab electric griddles and slow cookers on sale for $8 shortly after the doors opened at a J.C. Penney story, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Las Vegas. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/The Sun New, Steve Jessmore)
Joe Allen, of Carolina Forest, center, waits in line shortly after the 6:00 a.m. opening at JC Penney on Friday Nov. 23, 2012 at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/The Sun New, Steve Jessmore)
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. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/The Sun New, Steve Jessmore)
Customers sleep while waiting for the stores to open at the International Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Shoppers line up for 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. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/The Sun New, Steve Jessmore)
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. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's called Black Friday because of retail folklore that it's when merchants turn a profit for the year. (AP Photo/The Sun New, Steve Jessmore)
Shoppers walk through the International Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. 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. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Eager Black Friday shoppers file into J.C. Penney at the Vernon Park Mall in Kinston, N.C.,Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. 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. Stores are experimenting with ways to compete with online rivals like Amazon.com that can offer holiday shopping deals at any time and on any day. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Zach Frailey)
Lisa Wagner, of West Bend, rests her head on her hand while waiting to check out at Menards, early Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in West Bend, Wis., as part of Black Friday. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke)
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. (AP Photo/The Hays Daily News, Steven Hauser)
Shoppers leave the Walmart store in southeast Portland where a line wrapped around the store for an 8 p.m. special Thursday Nov. 22, 2012. At least three Portland Police Bureau vehicles were parked in front of the store after Facebook postings by Occupy Portland targeted the store. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Randy L. Rasmussen)
Siceived discount cards. Many of the mall's stores opened at midnight for their Black Friday sales. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Randy L. Rasmussen)
Best Buy electronics store employees, at far right and left, open doors to shoppers for a Black Friday sale that began at midnight, in Broomfield, Colo., early Friday Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Customers shop for Black Friday discounts at a Best Buy store, Friday Nov. 23, 2012, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Customers wait in line in the computer department to shop for Black Friday discounts at a Best Buy store, Friday Nov 23, 2012, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Customers wait in line in the computer department to shop for Black Friday discounts at a Best Buy store, Friday Nov 23, 2012, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Shoppers, at bottom, right to left, Karin Carlson, of Wichita, Kan., her husband Jason, and her cousins Tylar Neu and Christie LaFever wait in line to pay for items for purchase at Best Buy electronics store, after doors opened for a Black Friday sale that started at midnight, in Broomfield, Colo., early Friday Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
People wait in line, on Thursday Nov 22, 2012, for a Best Buy store in Northeast Philadelphia to open it's doors at midnight. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Consumers line ouside the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store, as consumers line on the early morning hours Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at the Glendale Galleria mall in Glendale, Calif. While stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years. Now, stores from Wal-Mart to Toys R Us are opening their doors on Thanksgiving evening, hoping Americans will be willing to shop soon after they finish their pumpkin pie. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A Lifeguard model stands outside the front door of a Hollister Co. clothing store, as consumers line up on the early morning hours Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at the Glendale Galleria mall in Glendale, Calif. While stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years. Now, stores from Wal-Mart to Toys R Us are opening their doors on Thanksgiving evening, hoping Americans will be willing to shop soon after they finish their pumpkin pie. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Consumers shop early morning hours Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at the Disney store at Glendale Galleria mall in Glendale, Calif. While stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years. Now, stores from Wal-Mart to Toys R Us are opening their doors on Thanksgiving evening, hoping Americans will be willing to shop soon after they finish their pumpkin pie. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Shoppers position themselves for the midnight opening of many stores at the Clackamas Town Center for Black Friday sales Thursday Nov. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Randy L. Rasmussen)
Shoppers (left to right) Val Mahlke, Sue Mahlke, and Amy Beier wait outside of Target Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Winona, Minn. for the start of Black Friday sales. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Sydney Swanson)
Shoppers wait in line outside a clothing store, Tilley's, during Black Friday sales at the Paradise Valley Mall at Tatum and Cactus in Phoenix, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Dave Seibert)
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