The government is weighing in on the day-after-Thanksgiving shopping madness this year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending retailers have bullhorns, barricades and uniformed guards ready for the rush.

Eyes are on retailers this year, following last year's trampling death of a Walmart worker on Black Friday.

Although they won't say it's related, Walmart is staying open 24 hours before Black Friday for crowd management purposes. Discounts will begin at 5 a.m. Friday.

This year's special circumstances do make one wonder if it will be an extra tense Black Friday: More cash-strapped shoppers may be desperate for bargains. Retailers in stiff competition with each other are offering better-than-ever discounts. And in an effort to save money, stores have limited the amount of merchandise they stocked, meaning shortages could happen.