Shoppers, retailers ready for early Black Friday sales

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JCPenney will begin its Black Friday sale at 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, and will stay open Friday until 10 p.m. Online sale prices begin a day earlier, at midnight November 23.

Those are just two of the many stores participating in Flannel Friday. Shoppers will hit the stores this weekend looking for holiday bargains. SHEDD-the outlooks really good this year AISLES PACKED WITH GOODS, NOT WITH PEOPLE. When a consumer see a promotion emphasizing limited quantity, other shoppers become competitors threatening their ability to get the deal, according to the study by researchers at Arizona State, Simon Frasier University in Vancouver and the University of British Columbia.

Walmart will not stop its customers to view in advance its Black Friday ads for the preparation of the shopping spree.

Smith used to run “Big Hearted Smitty’s”, a “buy here, pay here” used vehicle dealership on Rossville Boulevard that was reborn in 2012 as Phoenix Auto on Chattanooga’s south side.

According to retail analytics firm Shoppertrak, shopping on turkey day may be diluting Black Friday sales.

So while Barnes and Noble, Costco and Nordstrom might win kudos for letting employees spend Thanksgiving at home, Macy’s, Target, Walmart and others will be welcoming consumers inside to spend some money while digesting their holiday feast. “As a result, many retailers are putting holiday merchandise on the shelves in September – specifically decorations and greeting cards, which many people buy months in advance”.

Black Friday at Walmart will be the biggest of all time. “It’s a big day and I like that it kind of separates out, instead of that big Black Friday, now we get to spread it out a little bit”, said Sears store manager Alie Kennedy.

In-store sales start at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. On Thursday, November 24, Target will be opening its door for the shoppers at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Black Friday gets its name because it’s such a big shopping day it’s often the first day of the year stores start to go into the black, or show a profit. While Amazon is offering 10 days of Black Friday, the biggest deals are on Thanksgiving Day.

In store: 7 p.m. today through 2 p.m. She said that she has seen toys much cheaper in October than on Black Friday, for example.

Toys “R” Us will also open at 5 p.m. and close at 11 p.m. on Black Friday.

Televisions, headphones and electronics, as always, are expected to be a big draw at big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Target. And nobody knows this better than Black Friday shoppers who come home and realize that, amidst the crazed kerfuffle, they’ve made a purchase that will be about as useful as the forgotten spinach salad on Thanksgiving.

Shops along Edinburgh’s Princes Street as retailers gear up ahead of Black Friday.

Although it might be good public relations for a store to say it won’t open on Thanksgiving so employees can have the day off, most major retailers are passing up the PR for a chance to get first crack at consumers’ dollars. They will reopen at 5 a.m. that Friday and will remain open until 10 p.m.

Post offices: Closed. FedEx locations are also closed.