alison kosik is live in paramus. reporter: i am pretty lucky. i ve already been browsing. i am the only one in the store. there are a handful of people outside waiting to get in here. an hour to go before the doors open. it s safe to say the days of elbowing each other out of the way to get tvs, these door besters, i think those days are gone. but the reality is black friday is a thing. it s part of a five-day shopping event. it starts on thanksgiving day and ends on cybermonday. during that long weekend that we are in the middle of, 165 million people are expected to get out there and go shopping. interestingly enough, consumers already started shopping for the holiday before the holidays. i m talking october. people are feeling good about their paychecks and job security. so it is expected to be a good holiday shopping season. as far as those tariffs go, yes, they are in the back of consumers minds. the national retail federation