Jacquelin Reyes of Los Angeles (with red bag) waits in line at the Nike Store at Citadel Outlets in Los Angeles. The wait lines to get in some stores, like this line at Nike, were hours long.
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On this year’s Black Friday, things almost seem normal.
Malls and stores report decent-sized crowds, if not the floods of people that used to fight over the latest toys and electronics — online shopping is much too common for that now, and discounts are both more subdued and spread out over the weeks leading up to Christmas, on both websites and in stores.
Black Friday drew crowds to the Citadel Outlets in Los Angeles on the day after Thanksgiving in Los Angeles.
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With their slew of shopping bags, Juan Vasquez of Guadalajara, Mexico, and his family, including daughter Miranda, 5, right, take a well-earned break at the Citadel Outlets in Los Angeles.
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Kayla Wrobel and Sophie Hawkins of Burbank pause from shopping on Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria.
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Customers stroll the concourse at the Glendale Galleria on Black Friday.
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Shoppers wait outside Best Buy before it opens at 5 a.m. on Black Friday at the Empire Center in Burbank.
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Shoppers look to score deals at 5 a.m. Black Friday at the Best Buy in Empire Center in Burbank.
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