You may not have to join in the rush to get the best deals.
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While some customers said they’d made a tradition of shopping on Thanksgiving, some of REI’s loyalists praised the company for scrapping the traditional Black Friday deals. However, Amazon is also running week-long sales and lighting deals all week as part of their Black Friday Deals Week.
This is the first time the store has ever offered a head start on Monday’s online deals.
J-C Penney will also have deals on clothing, shoes, kitchen appliances, and bedding.
The store will offer its lowest prices between 3 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday, but Muench said shoppers still have the best chance of finding deals during the first rush on Thanksgiving. But in recent years “Black Friday” isn’t just about Friday anymore.
-Lowe’s 5 a.m. Friday.
After you’ve gotten your fill of Thanksgiving, if you plan on heading to a shopping mall this Black Friday, you will not be alone.
Andrew Toth / Stringer / Getty ImagesNo need to wait outside in the cold to save money on gifts. Here’s the some of the best discounts and the operating hours of the outlets that’ll offer them. While it’s notorious for issuing rosy forecasts, even a 3 percent bump would be healthy considering how retailers have struggled to come back from the recession that’s now more than five years in the rearview mirror.
Kena Betancur / Stringer / Getty ImagesYou can get deals through the New Year. The app also includes discounts for restaurants, too.
About 40 percent of shoppers begin before Halloween.
But aren’t they anxious about missing out on great deals? “People should sign-up for e-newsletters and join the social communities of their favorite retailers”. Why not? Retailers will try very hard to get you to buy things that are not on your list. These will include 10 “Deals of the Day” that will appear at midnight on Thanksgiving and there will be 10 more at midnight on Black Friday. Please note, we did not say you should buy the items with the biggest discounts at each store because you should not.
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With the increase of access to high-speed Internet in homes and on smart phones, Walmart sees no reason to only allow customers to begin shopping Monday.
