Snow is turning Black Friday white, with weather, and police warning of temporary freeway closures and intervals of low-to-no visibility. Eastbound I-96 is currently closed at M-39 on Detroit's far west side due to a crash,

Based on visits to a Target and Walmart in Livonia and Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Black Friday lacked the frenzied scenes of previous years but they drew respectable crows. It was mainly 30 years of tradition that brought three friends out to a Target and Walmart in Livonia at 6 a.m. on Black Friday.

If history is any guide and advertisers are to be believed, the best bargains still are to be had from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, a four-day period known in the retail world as BFCM for short.

Black Friday is the Super Bowl for shopping, and at Orland Square Mall, a warm indoor shopping center and promises of good deals brought crowds out early.

Retailers used giveaways and big discounts to reward U.S. shoppers who ventured out for Black Friday even as earlier offers, the prospect of better bargains in the days ahead and the ease of e-commerce drained much of the excitement from the holiday shopping season's much-hyped kickoff.