Black Friday chaos has erupted across the globe as bargain hunters scramble for the best deals.
Stampedes and scuffles have hit stores from London to Brazil as shoppers rush to snap up major discounts.
Frenzied scenes at a Sao Paulo supermarket showed people fighting to get their hands on widescreen Samsung TVs.
Meanwhile, customers of a California Walmart were spotted triumphantly wheeling trolleys laden with toys.
British deal seekers began flocking to their favourite shops from late last night, with lengthy queues popping up across the capital and beyond.
Fashion lovers braved the winter chill in central London early this morning, as they waited for the doors of JD Sports, Dover Street Market, and other big name stores to open.
With discounts of up to 80 per cent, British retailers are braced for their Black Friday to date, as analysts predict a £2.5billion bonanza - a 3.4 per cent rise on last year across the high street and online.
More than two-thirds of UK spending, 77 per cent, is expected to take place online, according to a PwC survey of almost 2,000 shoppers, sending a number of websites into meltdown.
Tech fans flocking to the Currys PC World site late on Thursday night were left outraged by a series of technical glitches, which the company said were caused by a sharp spike in demand.
Anger has not been restricted to the internet, however, as social media users across the world share tales of Black Friday madness.
Panic struck the US town of Fremont, California, late last night, when someone entered a Target department store allegedly screaming “shooter”.
Twitter users reported sprinting to the emergency exists as the shop was cleared, but it appears to have been little more than a cruel prank.
Meanwhile, in France, environmental activists shut down an Amazon warehouse, claiming the retail giant’s activities are destroying the planet.
