The store manager says they’ve been preparing for this for months. Sure, some of those sites could be legit, but major sales periods are also an ideal time to part unsuspecting shoppers from their credit card numbers. Wondering what’s open or where to snag a deal?
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Highlights: A Star Wars Force Awakens Lightsaber and action figures are 50 percent off, and a Swift Stream Camera Drone will be offered for $59.99 (originally $99.99). Just outside the town centre Tesco will also be offering Black Friday deals, with the supermarket offering discounts on some products from 5am. Wal-Mart, for example, will start its online sale at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on Thanksgiving, while Sears will launch them at 8 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday. Maybe “ruining” is a harsh term, but it’s no secret that Black Friday is slowly becoming Black Thursday and Friday.
Highlights: Best Buy will offer $120 off iPad Air 2 models and $15 off Amazon Fire tablets. At Walmart, a great Black Friday Deal is a 40-inch 1080p LED TV for $149, a Fitbit Flex wristband for $59, which is $40 off, and a 5-inch Samsung Galaxy 5 phone for $229.
MA is one of three states that prohibit businesses from opening on both Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Hours vary by location.
Doorbusters are only available in physical stores.
Toys “R” Us will open on Thanksgiving at 5:00 PM and will stay open until midnight. But unlike Best Buy, the nationwide retailer will be open all night until Friday. “I’m still going to do Thanksgiving tomorrow and leave it at that, and keep Black Friday Black Friday”, says Springfield shopper Lori Booth.
Target launched its 10-day blitz of category-specific deals Sunday, and Amazon began offering fresh holiday deals as often as every five minutes back on November 20.
With the so-called Black Friday shopping boom now extended into pre-Thanksgiving sales, stores open on the holiday and increased “cyber-shopping”, you’d think camping out for the best deals would be a thing of the past.
From Thursday, Nov. 26 through Monday, Nov. 30 in the US, select console bundles will be available starting at $299, the lowest price ever for Xbox One.
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Online sales are already spiking as shoppers take advantage of early deals that will leave them free to enjoy Thanksgiving at home instead of in stores.
