https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/11/25/black-friday-in-the-bay-area-isnt-dead-but-its-wrestling-with-inflation/

The annual Black Friday shopping frenzy that for years filled Bay Area shops and malls may not be dead, but it appears to be struggling.

Already ailing from the rise of online shopping, and having suffered a body blow from the COVID pandemic, the in-person Black Friday quest for great holiday deals looked subdued this year, with nary a wait for a mall-lot parking spot Friday morning. The crowds of days gone teemed only in memory.