Retailers counting on Thanksgiving, Black Friday sales in stores and online

Recent years have revealed a ridiculous trend of stores opening even earlier for Black Friday sales – doors often open on Thanksgiving evening.

This year will also see more retailers syncing online deals with those offered in stores, including Walmart and Target, which will both offer most of the same so-called doorbuster deals online and in stores on Thursday.

In recent years, however, Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, has been creeping into Thanksgiving. Investors are increasingly anxious that traditional retailers are struggling to compete against online rivals such as Amazon.com.

The outdoor store REI, which has a location in Brookfield, will be closed on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, with company executives paying their employees not to work. J.C. Penney shoppers can get special online deal through Wednesday, with the department store planning to launch its Cyber Monday offers on Sunday. Cyber Monday has been a popular shopping day as well, however, numerous retailers have already made their online shopping deals available to their consumers.

For some people, an extra helping on Thanksgiving may give them the energy they need to get through “Black Friday”. The Wal-Mart co-manager expects big crowds on Thursday.

This year Black Friday the sales event which topped out last year with an £810 million United Kingdom spend is expected to be bigger than ever. While it has Christmas in its name, the app is a great organizational tool for all holiday shopping and flawless for parents who may be conscientious about making sure they have spent around the same amount on each child.

-Game Stop, 5 a.m. Friday.

Make a List of Items You Want to Buy – Your objective for Black Friday should be to buy only the items on your list at the lowest price possible.

And according to Forbes, the day shoppers have been waiting for is almost upon us. Be on the lookout for $100 of iTunes credit for as little as $70. Sales don’t save you any money if you are spending more on sale items than you would if you had just purchased a few full price items.

Major retailers plan to kick off Cyber Monday deals early as they look to entice bargain-hunters to their sites ahead of the holiday season rush. It also couldn’t match the 32% growth of online sales on Thanksgiving, which eclipsed $1 billion for the first time. Usually Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year.