Get ready for Black Friday

Gander Mountain will be open from 8 a.m.to midnight on Thanksgiving, and on Black Friday it will be open from 5 a.m.to 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Many cases what that does is triggers an internal email sent to you with a coupon that offers a better deal. That’s 84 years since the first Black Friday!

Blame Abraham Lincoln. In 1863, Lincoln designated Thanksgiving – the last Thursday in November – a national holiday.

Last year, the world’s largest retailer pulled up the “Cyber Monday” deals to the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving for the first time. Moreover, early holiday promotions and online shopping hurt in-store spending by more than 6 percent previous year, it said. This means coming up with a specific game plan and even doing a little advanced research. Some 32 percent said they plan to finish about half of their holiday shopping on that day.

Get your shopping list ready, and head over to Walmart to buy everything you need for Thanksgiving.

If your friends and family are also into Black Friday, consider a divide-and-conquer strategy.

Are you planning on shopping this Black Friday or Cyber Monday? If you’re going to be shopping there anyway, you might as well get something back for it, right? It comes with a dual-core processor, allows you to check your calendar and reply to text messages, tracks your daily activity and monitors your heart rate. Fortunately, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to what to look out for if you want to stay on track. Treat yourself to your snacks or comfort food.

Some brands are getting in on the action by offering steep discounts that reduce the appeal of waiting for Black Friday.

Target also has 4K TVs on sale such as the the Element 43-inch 4K LED Smart HDTV, which can be bought at $199.99. That’s right folks, I found an wonderful deal that didn’t have me pressed for time, didn’t require me to leave my house, and was well worth the cost. Save your receipts. Many stores require a receipt before they will accept a returned item. He suggests setting a budget, understanding what you want to spend per gift or product and following it. You do have to sign-up for an account to access their deals, but it might be worth it just for the convenience of all the deals in one handy place. This way, you won’t have to leave your home, or your family, to catch a great bargain.

“With Walmart, we’re just here to try and make it simple for the customer”, Weeks said.

Don’t just go and jump into shopping.

Make sure to note at what times different stores plan to start their Black Friday deals – both online and at the store. It is hard to compete with other shoppers that arrive at the store at 3am. And now that stores largely sync up their online and in-store deals, there’s not a particular reason why you need to camp out in a long line in the cold to get those savings. Once that is set, get cash.

While spending is up, so is credit-card debt.

Depending on how much your purchases are, you may be paying a good chunk of change on shipping.

However, she only takes a certain amount of money with her to prevent overspending.

Not everything on Black Friday is always a deal.