Black Friday 2015: 7 Things to Know With 7 Days to Go

Many Walmart†locations are normally open 24 hours, but they will close for a portion of the day on Thursday, November 26, 2015 and reopen at 6:00 PM for the Black Friday sale.

Now with this being the case, you’re probably wondering what time you can get started with all this shopping you’re planning on doing at Best Buy. But trying to keep track which stores’ sales and deals start at which time can be a chore. Shoppers woke early to crowd stores as retailers set their best prices on must-have Christmas gifts for that day.

Home Depot: Will be closed on Thanksgiving. Amazon.com still carry the Black Friday branding.

Retailers are launching big discounts as early as this week – and offering them again on Thanksgiving and the following day, traditionally known as Black Friday.

Black Friday is the first day of the year when retailers first see their profit.

REI – an outdoor apparel retailer – announced last month that it would be closed on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Before you map out your Amazon Black Friday shopping strategy, there’s one thing you need to know, and this is of “prime” importance: Amazon Prime members get access to some 30,000 deals ahead of everyone else.

Target: Opens on Thanksgiving at 6 p.m. through 11 p.m. on Black Friday.

Sam’s Club Black Friday 2015 Store Sales Hours – Staples will open its doors for Black Friday Deals starting at 7 a.m., Friday, Nov. 27 on Black Friday Check out the official ads here.

Kmart – Black Friday sales start at 7 P.M. on Thanksgiving Day. Looks for select items to be available earlier in the week. These deals will run during the course of the week in the lead-up to Black Friday. That’s all I will say on the issue, though!

On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Amazon announced that it will add deals as part of its Black Friday promotion that will include a new product for as often as every five minutes for eight days. Our shopping experts will let you in to their Black Friday secrets – go to Black Friday deals.

“Black Friday might not even make it into the top three shopping days”, said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners.