American consumerism has triumphed. For all the talk of boycotting stores that opened on Thanksgiving Day, the crowds showed up anyway.
Big-name retailers, like Target (TGT, Fortune 500), Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500),Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500) and Macy’s launched their Black Friday sales in the evening hours Thursday, while Kmart opened even earlier, at 6 a.m., with plans to remain open for 41 hours straight.