Black Friday took a tragic turn when a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by a mob of riotous shoppers in New York. Early reports suggested that many shoppers wouldn't let other workers get to the fallen employee to help him; they just kept trampling over his body. The police had been called in for crowd control, but had to leave because there were 3 other near-riots underway at other stores.

American retail has got to think of a new way to handle Black Friday. Maybe it involves assigning people numbers via the Internet that dictate when they can come to shop. Anything so we don't duplicate this mob frenzy ever again.

Of course, it is possible to do Black Friday and have fun. Our producer Joel and a friend went to Wal-Mart at 1 a.m. They played cards in the store until 5 a.m., when he could buy a 42-inch LCD (1080p) for $598.

All in all, sales were up 7% from a year ago at a time when retailers were expecting a big lump of coal. The coal came on Saturday and Sunday after the initial excitement of the day after Thanksgiving. Clark went to a Target on Sunday and he swears there were more employees at the store than customers!

Some of the best deals to be had this Black Friday were on clothing. The GAP reportedly had buy-one-get-one cashmere sweaters. But that didn't interest Clark; he only likes single-digit clothing. At a Wal-Mart, he found ski gloves marked down to $5. What will he do with 35 pairs?? Just kidding!