Sales surge 13% as stores take a record $2BILLION on Thanksgiving and hope for $3.1billion on Black Friday amid post-election spending boom

Shoppers eager to bag a bargain have begun their spending sprees as some stores across the U.S. kicked off their Black Friday sales on Thursday afternoon. People were seen camped out in tents outside some Best Buy stores, including one in Utah where the temperatures plummeted to below-zero, while others raced through the doors at J.C Penney. -- More...