Small protests, crowds hit the shopping centers for Black Friday

Shoppers walk past a Banana Republic sale sign in the Emeryville shopping district on Black Friday.

The Old Navy store in the Bay Street shopping complex near the border of Oakland and Emeryville ended Black Friday with holiday pajamas on the wrong racks, graphic t-shirts on the floor and “Diva” jeans falling off of their shelves. As the day of sales came to a close, employees were preparing for a weekend of more frantic shoppers looking for deals.

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