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See larger The midnight Black Friday event at Miromar Outlets in Estero was packed. Many Miromar shoppers had to park next door at Germain Arena.

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The midnight Black Friday event at Miromar Outlets in Estero was packed. Many Miromar shoppers had to park next door at Germain Arena.

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  • Weary shopper Joshua Weeks catches some rest while his companions wait in line to check out from Super Target on Friday morning. For Weeks, Target was his fourth and final on his long night of Black Friday shopping. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • The midnight Black Friday event at Miromar Outlets in Estero was packed, including a looooong line to get into Juicy Couture to take advantage of its 30 percent off sale. Many Miromar shoppers had to park next door at Germain Arena.
  • Black Friday shopping opened at the Target near Immokalee Road in North Naples to the longest line in store history. In less than 10 minutes most of the store flat screen TVs with slashed prices had already been picked over.
  • Black Friday shoppers at Best Buy on Naples Boulevard in North Naples.
  • Black Friday shoppers brave the lines at the Super Target, which opened at 4 a.m. Store operator Niki Tonnessen reported the first hour broke the store's sales record. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Super Target's earliest shoppers grab their carts just after the store opened at 4 p.m. To avoid a heavy influx of customers at once, the store staggered the number of shoppers it allowed in the store, letting in 20 people every minute. Photographed November 26, 2010.
  • The midnight Black Friday event at Miromar Outlets in Estero was packed. Many Miromar shoppers had to park next door at Germain Arena.
  • Scenes from Black Friday shopping at the Super Target store off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Target team members Tony Hernandez and Luis Manzo hand out the store's fastest Black Friday sellout item, a 40-inch flat screen TV that sold for less than $300. Scenes from Black Friday shopping at the Super Target store off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Super Target team member Curt Zahnley gives out shopping carts to Black Friday shoppers just after the doors opened at 4 a.m. Scenes from Black Friday shopping at the Super Target store off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Yuri Machim, who was among the first in line for Super Target's 4 a.m. Black Friday opening, guards her goods after checking out. Scenes from Black Friday shopping at the Super Target store off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Scenes from Black Friday shopping at the Super Target store off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.
  • Charles Robichaud wearily waits in the checkout line that stretched to the back of the store at a North Naples Super Target on Friday morning. Robichaud set he rouses before the daylight every Black Friday to get the best deals on electronics. Despite the tired eyes he carried through the store, Robichaud said his early bird shopping trip was 'worth it.' Photographed Nov. 26, 2010. Aaron Hale/Staff.

Black Friday shopping began early in Collier and south Lee counties.

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