This is overblown. There was very little in this year’s black friday sales that would get me to stand in a line - prices are so inflated on most things that taking 30% off just gets you back to what it should have cost in the first place if the fed wasn’t pumping funny money into the economy. I was in a mall during the afternoon - there were lots of people walking around but very few had bags. I suspect retailers are in for another disappointing year.