By 5:30 a.m., parking lots were filling, lines were forming and shoppers were already on the hunt for big savings at the Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth Beach during this year’s Black Friday.

For many, it is an annual tradition, including Chastity Shirey and her family, who travel from Pennsylvania each year to take advantage of the holiday deals. “We leave our Thanksgiving meal at about 1 p.m. and come down,” Shirey said. “We get our place settled and we get up at 4 a.m. and get ready to spend our money.”

Black Friday remains one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and with more than 100 stores across the Tanger outlets, deal seekers had plenty of ground to cover. Signs boasting steep discounts, some up to 70 percent off, helped draw large crowds.

Michele Doucette, a representative wi

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