Ali Awad, 16, of Portland carries a television at Best Buy in shortly after the store opened for business at midnight on Black Friday. Awad stood in line outside the store for the majority of the day and was one of the first customers let through the doors.
Target shoppers Kelly Foley, left, Debbie Winslow, center, and Ann Rich use a smartphone to look at a competitor's prices while shopping shortly after midnight on Black Friday in South Portland.
Target shoppers wait to check out on Black Friday in South Portland. The store opened at midnight.
Jericca Stackpole stands near the register of Wilsons Leather in Freeport, where she has worked for three years, on Friday. Stackpole said this Black Friday has been busier than other Black Fridays at Wilsons.
Faith Jeffrey, 10, sits on the shoulders of Scott Jeffrey while waiting for family members to return from shopping, while Annie Lye sits with her poodle Mattie on Black Friday in Freeport. The Jeffreys live in Brewster, N.Y., and said spending Black Fridays in Maine have become a recent tradition. "We've been up here three years (in a row) now, and my daughter lives in New Hampshire, so it's become a kind of a tradition. We love it up here," Scott Jeffrey said.
Casey Maynard of Westbrook talks about her shopping experience at Old Navy in Freeport on Black Friday.
Store employees help customers at Old Navy in Freeport on Black Friday after the store opened it doors at midnight.
Miryam Strautkalns walks past the Oakley Vault store in Freeport on Frida. "I'm visiting from San Francisco and my fiancé's sister and friends come shopping on Black Friday. They tend to be here at 5 in the morning, and I decided why not?"
Shoppers carry their purchases on Black Friday in Freeport.
Evan Gordon adjusts the display at the Oakley Vault store in Freeport on Friday. Gordon has been with the company for eight years. The store opened at midnight for Black Friday sales.
A long line of customers waiting to enter Best Buy wraps around the Maine Mall shortly before the store opened for business at midnight on Black Friday.
Salman Farhan of Portland tries to stay warm while waiting in line outside Best Buy before the store opened their doors for business at midnight on Black Friday. Derek Davis / Staff Photographer
Customers wait in a long line to purchase items at Best Buy after the store opened their doors for business at midnight on Black Friday.
Best Buy employees gather around store manager Bart Gillespie for final instructions before opening the doors for business at midnight on Black Friday.
Black Friday shoppers make their way to stores in Freeport.
Ahmad Ali and his wife, Ghalzal, of Portland, look to get in line to pay for three flat-screen televisions while shopping at a Target store just after midnight on Black Friday in South Portland.
Shoppers walk in front of the L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport on Friday.
Shoppers head into Target just after its doors opened at midnight on Black Friday in South Portland.
Shoppers pass by store windows advertising Black Friday deals in Freeport after the stores opened their doors at midnight.
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