By Siddharth Cavale, Arriana McLymore and P.J. Huffstutter FORT WAYNE, Indiana/NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey/RALEIGH, North Carolina/SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Brushing snowflakes off her hair,

Hughes, who works at a health technology company in New York City, recalls waiting in her car at the mall parking lot as a teenager and rushing to jump in line as soon as other people started moving toward the doors. As a high school student with a limited budget, she would take advantage of the doorbuster sales to wrap up her holiday shopping.

More than 13,000 shoppers braved the Black Friday crowds at Mall of America in just the first hour of opening.