List of Black Friday deals, stores open on Thanksgiving

Many retailers will be offering doorbuster deals online this year starting hours before their brick-and-mortar stores open.

Of the estimated 137.4 million people who plan to shop over the holiday weekend, almost three-fourths plan to do so on Black Friday, the National Retail Federation found in its annual consumer survey.

What about online versus in store? Always look for “in store only” notations in circulars.

“If you come across “buy 2 get 1 free” deals and only planned on buying one of the items to begin with, don’t opt to buy a second item in order to receive the third”, said Kerry Sherin, savings expert at Offers.com. Best Buy will open its doors at 5 p.m., also the same. If you are looking for Black Friday sale, then it starts on Thursday, November 24, at 6:00 p.m.

The Avenues will hand out reusable water bottles and a list of shopping deals during Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

“Not only are associates off but also the customer”, adds Williams, “we don’t put that burden on them to have to be here on Thanksgiving to get a good deal”.

Newegg: Sales are set to start around 3 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.

Black Friday shopping seems to have gotten more complicated than ever.

Missouri Retailers Association President Dave Overfelt says in 1961, some complaining that the term Black Friday has a negative connotation tried to change the name to Big Friday.

But it can be overwhelming these days, with some stores not opening Thursday night and some stores offering most of their Black Friday deals online.

Shaw’s: These stores are likewise open on Thanksgiving but it’s best to call ahead for local times. Log on around midnight. Santa will start his shift at 8 p.m. She said that she has seen toys much cheaper in October than on Black Friday, for example.

Once again K-Mart will open on Thanksgiving Day earlier than some may rise to prepare their turkey.

The electronics store will open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving and close at 1 a.m. early Friday. Furthermore, this year, there is a reason to be less concerned about sold out sale items. I worked at a supermarket for years and I was stuck working Thanksgiving every year for years and it sucked completely. Why? It’s not that shopping on Black Friday is inherently bad, Miller said, but in general, “it’s too crowded”. “If you’re not paying 50 percent off of your overcoats, you’re getting ripped off”.

This year, Walmart, based in Bentonville, Ark., is making Thanksgiving deals available online at 12:01 a.m. EST on the holiday, three hours earlier than last year. Take an extra 20 percent off your purchase with code 9BIGSALE, today only. Keep in mind that most of the stores on RetailMeNot are national chains, so if you like to shop at smaller stores you likely won’t find much.