Black Friday 2014 in NYC: The Start of the Holiday Shopping Season

Black Friday 2014 in NYC: The Start of the Holiday Shopping Season
Macy's department store in Herald Square is illuminated with holiday lighting, in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Macy's Inc. plans to open its stores at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than last year. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
Catherine Yang
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NEW YORK—Black Friday brings to mind a sort of shopping frenzy, especially in a city as dense with retail as New York, but Roopa Dave chooses to shop on Fridays because she believes that’s when the madness is over.

She was right—Thursday evening, when the Herald Square Macy’s store opened for Black Friday, a record-size crowd funneled into the block-long store.

Roopa Dave from New Jersey came to Macy's at Herald Square in Manhattan to shop on Black Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (Shannon Liao/Epoch Times)
Roopa Dave from New Jersey came to Macy's at Herald Square in Manhattan to shop on Black Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Shannon Liao/Epoch Times
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.
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