Everything You Need To Know About Black Friday

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Black Friday Shopping:
Early-Bird deals:
• Nov. 9th – Office Max started their ‘Black Friday Everyday’ deals
• Sunday, Nov. 18th at 5pm – Sears starts their Black Friday sales online (You have to join the Sears’ ‘Shop Your Way’ club. Then you can shop online and just pick everything up at the closest Sears store.)
• Monday, Nov. 19th – Amazon.com starts their Black Friday Deals Week. (They already have some Black Friday ‘Lightening Deals’ that are already available.)
• Nov. 19th – 22nd – Little Tykes’ early bird online sale
• Nov. 21st – (the day before Thanksgiving) – Kohl’s online deals start
• Nov. 21st – on TV…QVC is starting their Black Friday deals at midnight Wednesday
Thanksgiving Day:
10am – Lord & Taylor is opening for the 1st time ever on Thanksgiving Day – at their flagship store in Manhattan (to try and get all the shoppers who go in person to the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.)
Black Friday: Deals @ Wal-Mart / Sears // and hours
Opening at 8 PM Thanksgiving Night:
• Wal-Mart
• K-Mart
• Sears
(Sears will stay open all night, just like Wal-Mart – and Sears will stay open until 10pm on Black Friday)
Wal-Mart will do like last year and have different deals starting at different times (to help with store overcrowding)
o 8pm – their 1st doorbuster deals start
o 10pm – the sales start on electronics
• They are guaranteeing shoppers that they will have 3 items – if they’re in line inside the store between 10 & 11pm
• The Apple iPad 2 with WiFi plus – for $399
o (you get a $75 gift card if you buy that)
• An Emerson 32-inch LCD TV – for $148
• And an LG Blu-Ray player – for $38 (those usually sell for $70)
o 5am on Black Friday – a 3rd round of sales starts – on jewelry and clothing
Black Friday Deals
Target
(last year, they opened at midnight. This year, they’re opening at 9pm on Thanksgiving night.)
Target’s Black Friday deals: (while supplies last – no rainchecks) – these deals start online on Thanksgiving day:
• Beats Headphones for $180
• Sony PS3 (250 MB) Game System for $200 (w/ the console plus 2 games & a wireless controller)
• Nook Simple Touch e-reader for $49
• Classic board games for $7
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Target’s Black Friday deals that start at 4am on Black Friday morning:
• 50-inch Samsung HDTVs for $699
• LeapFrog Explorer software for $15
• 10-dollar gift cards for shoppers who spend 50-dollars or more on clothing
• A 60-dollar gift card if you buy an iPad2 for $399. (That’s the same price as on Apple’s website – and the same as Wal-Mart’s Black Friday price, but Wal-Mart is offering a bigger gift card with purchase – a 75-dollar gift card)
Black Friday Deals
Best Buy
When the stores open at midnight on Thanksgiving night, they will have:
• Deep discounts on flatscreen TVs
• Toshiba WiFI Blu-ray players for $40
• Samsung Galaxy tablet for $179 (you get a $20 Best Buy gift card with purchase)
• Nikon Coolpix cameras for $129
Black Friday Deals – on Electronics:
• Best Buy will have the Xbox 360 bundle (with the console, games, and wireless controller) for $199.
• Radio Shack has the PlayStation 3 bundle for $220
• Wal-Mart has a 32-inch Emerson HDTV for $148
o Or a 60-inch Vizio LED TV for $700
• Barnes & Noble has the Nook Simple Touch for 40-bucks (They’re usually 99)
• Target has a 15-inch Gateway laptop computer for 350 (That’s almost 200-dollars off)
Black Friday Shopping Hours:
4 PM Thanksgiving Day:
• Michael’s (craft stores) will be open 4PM – 11PM on Thanksgiving Day – Then they will close – and re-open again at 7am Black Friday morning
8 PM Thanksgiving Night:
• Toys ‘R Us
o Toys ‘R Us stores are going to be giving away a 30-dollar gift bag to the first 200 shoppers who show up to get in line at each Toys ‘R Us store on Thanksgiving night.
• Wal-Mart
• K-Mart
• Sears
9 PM Thanksgiving Night:
• Target
o Target will match any sales prices you see on Amazon.com
Black Friday Shopping Hours:
Opening at midnight Thanksgiving night:
• Best Buy
• Macy’s
• Kohl’s
• Sports Authority
• Bealls
• BrandsMart
Black Friday Shopping Hours:
4am on Black Friday
• Sears starts their ‘Doorbuster Sale’
• Old Navy
•
5am on Black Friday
• Lowe’s
• Cabela’s
• Gordman’s
•
6am on Black Friday
• JC Penneys
o (but they start the deals online all Thanksgiving day)
o They will have a game that starts on Black Friday. They will be giving out buttons at the cash registers. The buttons have a code # good for prizes on their website. They will be giving away prizes like trips to Yellowstone, NY City, and Washington D.C. – or you can win gift cards – or coupons for money off purchases
• Bed, Bath, & Beyond
• Radio Shack
• Pep Boys
• Gander Mountain
• JoAnn (fabrics)
7am on Black Friday
• Sam’s Club (for members only)
• Michael’s (craft stores)
• Stein Mart
• PetSmart
Closed on Thanksgiving:
Nordstrom will be closed Thanksgiving Day
• They won’t even be putting up the Christmas decorations until the day after Thanksgiving.
• They put out an ad that says, “At Nordstrom, we just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time.
• They will be open on Black Friday.
Holiday Gifts:
Complete collections – Box Sets / TV Shows
Several classic TV series are being released in box sets for the holidays. The big one is a complete ‘Friends’ collection from all 10 seasons. But there is also a complete ‘Scooby-Doo Where Are You’ box set, and complete sets of the ‘Flinstones’ and the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.’
The classic ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ is also out in a box set. The critics are calling that one of the best sit-coms of all time.
Black Friday – $5 Teddy Bears @ Build-A-Bear
As a one-day deal on Black Friday, the Build-a-Bear Workshops will let you make special teddy bears for just 5-dollars each. And they will also be selling little outfits for them for an extra 5-dollars in case you want to make it a 10-dollar gift.
Black Friday Shopping:
There are some websites with links to lots of different store websites…with info on shopping hours….and their sale ads…all in one spot. Try:
• BlackFriday.com
• FatWallet.com
• SlickDeals.net
• DealTaker.com
Small Business Saturday – Nov. 24th
For the 3rd year now, the day after Black Friday shopping is being designated as Small Business Saturday. It’s over the Thanksgiving weekend (on Sat., Nov. 24th) The aim is to encourage people to shop locally for the holidays at small businesses.
And if you shop with your American Express card, you get a 25-dollar credit off your next bill if you spend 25 at a local business.
If you want to discover some small, locally-owned businesses in your area, you can go to ShopSmall.com.
Cyber Monday
Free Shipping Day – Monday, Dec. 17th
‘Free Shipping Day’ is coming up on Monday,December 17th. Hundreds of stores will be participating. On December 17th, they will give you free shipping on any holiday gifts you buy – and still get it there by Christmas Eve. Here is the website to write down. It’s an easy one. It’s FreeShippingDay.com. That has the entire list of stores.