Can you find the best deals on Black Friday?

Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday discounts make this one of the best weeks in the entire year as far as shopping is concerned.

“Most retailers have dedicated web pages to explain their Black Friday deals and procedures, and it’s always best to check them before leaving for the store”, he said.

REI’s website will be open for business both days and we found a majority of retailers, including JC Penney and Walmart, are encouraging people to shop online, offering the same deep discounts minus the crowds. All Tesco Extra stores will close at 12am and re-open again at 5am on Friday to allow staff time to set up the deals.

Target – Opens 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day through midnight.

Research has also revealed that many Black Friday shoppers (40%) get carried away with self gifting – purchasing items for themselves and subsequently making an adjustment to their spending as a result.

Many stores in the Madison area and nationwide are continuing the trend of Black Friday shopping early, on Thanksgiving night.

The Best Buy stores open at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day and stay open until 1am. In fact, it’s estimated that €109 million will be spent in Ireland during Black Friday, up a third on past year.

United Kingdom consumers are expected to spend more than £1 billion (USD 1.5 billion) online on Black Friday this year. More and more early holiday shopping is going online and sales this year are already way up.

Boots – Black Friday weekend deals will start at Boots on November 27 and will be available online and in store.

Because sales are now starting on Thanksgiving, many stores have different “Door Busters” for each day.

“The changing patterns make sales figures hard to interpret”, writes Ben Casselman in a blog post at FiveThirtyEightEconomics titled “Black Friday Sales Numbers Are Useless and Wrong and you should ignore them”. Big Lots will open bright and early at 7 a.m. Thanksgiving morning.

Walmart’s “Dare to Compare” promotion for Black Friday promises to match or beat the best online prices of some products that are also offered by several major retailers. In fact, nothing is absolute & simply ’cause an item or class seems on this list doesn’t imply you will by no means find a deal for it throughout the large event.