Business & Tech
Black Friday a Little Less Crazy than Usual
There was a midnight rush at Best Buy, but longer hours have stretched out crowds a bit.
The weather outside was not frightful, and for the most part neither was the shopping early Friday.
A tour of Fairlawn, Cuyahoga Falls and Stow between 7 and 9 a.m. Friday morning found malls and shopping area busy but not overwhelmed by a crushing sea of humanity and cars.
Sherry McCrossin of Cuyahoga Falls, on her second tour of duty Friday morning, said the midnight crowd at , 445 Howe Ave., was "crazy." Later in the morning, about 8:30, the traffic was light and the parking lot about half full.
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By 8 a.m. Friday, the tent city that had sprouted outside the Best Buy was gone.
The and stores on Kent Road in Stow were steady but sane at about 8 Friday morning.
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in Fairlawn was much the same at 7:30: Busy but mostly manageable. Some shoppers attributed the lower insanity factor to the earlier opening of many major retailers. Many retailers were open on Thanksgiving, and others opened at midnight with enticing early-bird specials.