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Pre-Black Friday 2015 Sales: Stores Offer Deals Before The Big Day

The holidays are fast approaching, and while many Americans are most excited for a Thanksgiving Day filled with family and good food, many others are looking forward to going shopping for great deals on Black Friday.

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With stores in recent years using Thanksgiving Day as an extended Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving no longer seems to have the same hype. Best Buy has released its official Black Friday 2015 ad on its website a few days ago, and updated it with more than 300 additional deals that will be on sale on Gray Thursday and on Black Friday itself.

For starters, let’s talk about the HDTV deals, which include a lot of “blind item” deals where Fry’s does not name the brand of the HDTV in question. Stores are counting on customers to make impulse buys in addition to what they are picking up.

Kmart – Black Friday sales start at 7 P.M. on Thanksgiving Day.

Amazon will also give mobile shoppers access to special app-only deals beginning Thanksgiving Day and running through December 9th.

“Some of the items on sale for Black Friday at Walmart include 10 different TVs ranging from 32″ to 55” and from $125 to $998. It was one of our picks for the Best Doorbuster Deals on Thanksgiving. The research, based on three years’ worth of shopping data, found that discounts on toys, electronics and other goods tend to get deeper the closer we get to Thanksgiving. Like most of the big Black Friday retailers, JCPenney is getting started on Thanksgiving, but most of those stores are holding off until Thursday night. This Best Buy Black Friday Deals is a steal.

Shoppers all across the country are wondering which shops are open on the eve of Black Friday in order to get a jumpstart on their holiday shopping.

Those that do open on Turkey Day will still serve up some tasty bargains on Black Friday, said Benjamin Glaser, features editor for comparison shopping site dealnews.com.

In a push to boost sales, many retailers plan to start their Black Friday sales online beginning early Thanksgiving morning.

Store-specific cards can be appealing, especially when they offer up tempting one-time percentage-off deals, but it’s best to steer clear of their allure, according to consumer and money-saving expert Andrea Woroch.

So what should you buy as you race out of the house, speed to the store and get caught in an voracious mob in Walmart?

Kaylyn Bartley, sophomore in global studies in human sciences, said she doesn’t really participate in the peak of Black Friday mayhem.

“Heading into the fourth quarter, we are shifting our organization into overdrive to focus on sales-driving activities in the holiday shopping season, company Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said in a statement”.

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“The importance of Thanksgiving weekend to both retailers and consumers will never change”, said NRF President and Chief Executive Matthew Shay, in a written statement. You can browse through the stores ads for Black Friday as well as browse deals that aren’t sorted by store.

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