 Some shoppers in Southern California got an early start on their Black Friday shopping dot cap TV slash ABC 7 Los Angeles reported that the Citadel Outlets Mall in Commerce opened at 8 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving night, and that a long line of shoppers was already ready to go, shopper Mila Phillips said she tried to get an early start, but there was no way to get ahead of the crowd. Big discounts and other enticements are expected to lure shoppers to stores for Black Friday, the traditional start of. The U.S. holiday season. But retailers worry those may not be enough for consumers are coming under pressure as their savings dwindle and their credit card debt grows. And although they have gotten some relief from easing inflation, many goods and services like meat and rent are still far higher than they were just three years ago. The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects shoppers will spend more this year than last year, but their pace will slow given all the economic uncertainty. The group has forecast that U.S. holiday sales will rise 3 percent to 4 percent for November through December, compared with a 5.4 percent growth of the year ago.