From right: Valerie and Andy Christofferson look at TVs this morning with the help of sales associate Travis Armbruster at Best Buy in Pittsfield Township.
Angela Cesere | AnnArbor.com
Black Friday shoppers are gaining momentum in Ann Arbor's I-94 corridor, where the Ann Arbor-Saline Road intersection with Oak Valley and Lohr roads is jammed with cars amid a new light snowfall.
Activity around Target, Best Buy and Kohl's is heavy, with crowds even spilling over in the nearby McDonald's drive-thru - where the line snakes all the way to the road.
Meanwhile, activity at Briarwood Mall appeared to be picking up as well by 6 a.m., with the early crowds at the anchor stores - like JCPenney and Macy's tailing off, to be replaced with new shoppers coming from "big box" outlets.
Terry Holman of Ann Arbor looks at different Lego sets for his nieces and nephews at Target on Black Friday.
Angela Cesere | AnnArbor.com
Shoppers were loading carts - and bringing more in from outside - before they were directed to the multiple sites throughout the store where balloons advertised specific lines for merchandise.
Earlier in the morning, Toys R Us in Arborland kicked off Washtenaw County's Black Friday store openings today when the doors opened at midnight, welcoming a line of shoppers that stretched from its doors at the far east end of the mall to a spot just shy of Hiller's Market at the west end.
It was a mild opening, given the season: 34 degrees, no snow, and no shoving, though a few warnings of "step back" could be heard as the line started moving toward the just-opened doors.
Read AnnArbor.com's local Black Friday stories here:
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Walmart keeps doors open 24 hours as shoppers gather for 5 a.m. sales
Toys R Us kicks off Ann Arbor's Black Friday shopping at midnight
Consumerism silently suffers as Black Friday dawns
Black Friday accident: Icy roads slow traffic near Ann Arbor shopping epicenter
'My family dragged me': a Black Friday tradition
Ann Arbor's Black Friday bargain seekers quickly hunt down deals
Black Friday shopping craze stuns first-timers
Meijer's Black Friday rules: 'No holding places'
University of Michigan economist George Fulton: Black Friday shoppers 'more cautious'
Need to replace 800 DVDs? Black Friday to the rescue
'Deeper discounts' good for shoppers in short run, but poor retail season forecast
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