Black Friday bargain hunters FIGHT for the best deals on the busiest shopping day of the year after Americans spent a record $3.7billion online on Thanksgiving day when store slashed prices early

Thanksgiving deals and other early access promotions have not negatively affected Black Friday crowds

US shoppers are still out in full force, al over the country, even with online sales already up from last year

Photos and video on social media show eager shoppers lining up at department stores early all over America

National Retail Federation is expecting holiday retail sales in November and December to increase from 2017

This year’s Black Friday has proven to once again be the biggest shopping day of the year with masses of people literally fighting for the best deals.

Photos and videos from all over the country show that stores are packed to the max with eager Black Friday shoppers lined up for this year’s sales.

The huge crowds of customers haven’t been deterred by stores opening hours early on Thursday to encourage shoppers with special Thanksgiving deals.

Americans also spent around $3.7billion online alone on Thanksgiving day, a whopping 27.5 per cent increase in online sales compared to last year’s $2.9billion total, according to TechCrunch.

However, the early spending seems to have done little to slow down Black Friday sales appetites, with footage from one Walmart store showing a scene of carnage as customers fight for TV and electronics deals.

Elsewhere, a 21-year-old gunman was shot to death by Alabama police after an argument led to him shooting the 18-year-old man he was fighting with, and wounding a little girl, age 12, in he process.

Both the 18-year-old and the child have been hospitalized. It’s unclear whether the men knew each other or the fight was related to shopping.