Shoppers file into the Sony store as it opened its doors at 9 p.m. for its Midnight Madness sale on Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Shoppers grab handbags off displays at the Coach factory store at Chicago Premium Outlets during its Midnight Madness Sale on Thursday, November 22, 2012. Several hundred people lined up for the store's sale in a line that stretched down the mall's corridor and into the food court. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Hundreds of shoppers wait in line outside the Kate Spade store at Chicago Premium Outlets for early Midnight Madness sales on Thursday, November 22, 2012. Stores at the mall offered staggered openings throughout the evening, with about 60 opening their stores at 9 p.m.

Shoppers walk past long lines at Chicago Premium Outlets during the outlet mall's Midnight Madness sale on Thursday, November 22, 2012. A selection of stores opened at 9 p.m., and some had lines that ran several hundred deep, including Coach and Kate Spade. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

A line of Black Friday shoppers stretches the length of a corridor at Chicago Premium Outlets as people wait for the Midnight Madness sale to begin on Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Diego Granoblas of Elgin plays with his phone as he waits for Sony to open its doors at Chicago Premium Outlets on Thursday, November 22, 2012. Granoblas said he and a friend were first to line up for the store's 9 p.m. opening. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Shoppers crowd around the entrance to the Armani Exchange outlet store at Chicago Premium Outlets on Thursday, November 22, 2012. The store was offering an extra 40 percent off during its Midnight Madness sale. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

An Aurora police officer directs traffic along Farnsworth Avenue outside the entrance to Chicago Premium Outlets on Thursday, November 22, 2012. The mall needed overflow lots it had secured to accommodate the heavy traffic for its Midnight Madness sale. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Traffic backs up on the inner lane of Westbound I-88 as drivers try to get to the Chicago Premium Outlets mall for Black Friday shopping in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Traffic backs up on the inner lane of Westbound I-88 as drivers try to get to the Chicago Premium Outlets mall for Black Friday shopping in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Members of Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice were picketing in support of Walmart workers near the Walmart in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Frank Esposito (left) of Carol Stream and Debbie Dudek of Elgin hold signs near the Walmart in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. The members of Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice were picketing in support of Walmart workers. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

John Laesch of Aurora holds a sign protesting the wages that Walmart pays its workers near the Walmart in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. The members of Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice were picketing in support of Walmart workers. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Laura Kuskela of Carol Stream blocks the cold wind with her sign near the Walmart in Aurora at Butterfield and Kirk Roads Friday, November 23, 2012. The members of Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice were picketing in support of Walmart workers. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media