With Black Friday sales starting earlier each year and more people shifting to online shopping, some Texans are wondering whether the once-frenzied shopping day has lost its spark. But when CBS News Texas visited malls on Friday, shoppers were still out in large numbers — even if many said the deals have changed.

"I mean it is a thing, but I don't think the deals are nowhere near as good as they were a couple years ago," said shopper Maday Guerrero.

McKenzy Dodson, out with friends, shared a similar view.

"I mean there's tons of people here, so I think the sales are going down a little bit, but we're still getting good stuff," Dodson said.

Despite talk of weaker discounts, foot traffic told another story. As the escalators went up and down, so did hundreds of shoppers, bags in hand.

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