Shoppers line up at stores for Black Friday deals

Kohl’s offered last Thursday a subset of the Black Friday deals that will be available for Thanksgiving, when it opens its doors at 6 p.m.

Shoppers at Macy’s flagship store in New York City rushed the gates as the doors opened for pre-Black Friday sales late Thursday afternoon.

If you’re planning to hit up physical stores, here’s a rundown of when the mega-chains will get things started.

“I just think that the great deals are wonderful, the TV’s are going on sale for more than 60 percent off”.

JCPenney opened even earlier, at 3 p.m.

Manassas Mall opens at 8 p.m. tonight and closes at 1 a.m., then reopens at 7 a.m. Friday.

At the same time, some stores believe it’s not worth opening on Thanksgiving since the sales are spread out. It will open its doors on Thanksgiving at 3 p.m., the same time as past year. The store opened at 5 p.m. with deals on many electronics and more.

The retailers who stayed closed on Thanksgiving will rev into action.

Across the country, from Florida to OH to California, shoppers began lining up and camping outside stores that planned to open Thanksgiving Day with huge sales.

Small Business Saturday falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and encourages shopping at local shops.

What items are people going to be scrambling to buy? Those who are truly desperate for a cheap computer may want to go to a store to avoid competing with millions of other bargain hunters online.

Across the industry, retailers released advertisements of their biggest deals three days sooner this year on average than last, according to Market Track LLC, which analyzed emails, social media and retail websites. Increasingly, low-cost bait like $20 down jackets or deeply discounted electronics that retailers dangle to lure customers into stores can be purchased while cuddling up on a couch with a computer. Prices have fallen dramatically on 4K televisions, so those could prove alluring to shoppers. And just as the Toys R Us line started to move, a group of women trotted toward the entrance, one saying, “Everything we need is to the left”.

Season of giving: Shoppers plan to spend more than $200 of their holiday budget on their favorite charitable causes.

Black Friday is very popular among shoppers, but it is slowly and gradually losing its appeal and there are good reasons for it. I’ve been hearing for years now that it is dying out.

Why is Black Friday losing its charm?

Some stores began their promotions early in the month, others have been preparing to receive hundreds of shoppers tomorrow, Friday, November 25th in the famous “Black Friday”. Are there any other devices you got for this shopping season?

But of course, when you wait for a better deal, you run the risk of something selling out. Unfortunately, there’s really no definitive way to answer that, because it depends on what you’re looking for, what your budget is, and how you like to shop.

Will Black Friday be as big this year?