Some stores opened at midnight and customers were queuing around the block to literally snatch a bargain Black Friday.
There were scenes of utter chaos as Asda opened it doors to the baying public just so they grab a slightly cheaper TV. Police were called and fights broke out as the sheer madness of the popular American tradition has slowly made its way across the Atlantic.
14 Pictures That Sum Up Black Friday Madness
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Customers fall to the floor as they grapple for an LED television during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A customer jumps on a TV set at Asda in Wembley (credit:Ray Tang/REX)
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Employees try to control customers as they attempt to get the last remaining LED televisions during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A customer, center, transports a boxed LED television in the basket of a mobility scooter during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A customer gestures as he queues to purchase goods including an LED televisions during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Customers wait to enter an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., ahead of a Black Friday discount sale in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Customers stand with goods loaded in shopping carts as they look for bargains during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Customers rush to get to a sales display of reduced LED television sets during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Cherrelle Welch at the Asda store in Wembley, north west London take advantage of the stores Black Friday offers. (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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Shoppers at the Asda store in Wembley (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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Shoppers at the Asda store in Wembley, north west London queue to get in. (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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Shoppers wait at the Asda store in Wembley (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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Shoppers at the Asda store in Wembley can't wait to get a bargain. (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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A smiling customer leaves with his new TV (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
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Customers tussle over a TV set (credit:Ray Tang/Rex)