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Helpful Information for Black Friday – 2012

Are you looking forward to Black Friday shopping? Will you be leaving the Thanksgiving celebrations with your family early in order to catch the Thanksgiving Day “doorbusters”? Are you reading this blog while camping out in line in front of a store right now? This blog is for you! Here’s a quick round up of when the stores will open their doors and the some of the deals they will offer. Every year, I do a series of blogs that list the days and times that the stores will open their doors to shoppers. They are a quick way to … Continue reading →

Black Friday Moves to Labor Day

And next year it’s moving to April Fools’ Day. No joke. Well, maybe. But, very few parents are laughing. News that several major retailers are planning to move the start of the Christmas shopping season to Thanksgiving evening rather than wait until Friday morning is no laughing matter for millions of parents who are employed by the likes of Sears, Wal-Mart, Target, and Kmart. Those working moms and dads were the same ones who initiated a public outcry last year when their employers opened at midnight on Thanksgiving. You know, the holiday that is traditionally set aside for families to … Continue reading →

Are You Ready for the Holiday Hysteria?

“Turducken,” “Festivus,” and now, “OctoNovemCember”. Let the holiday cra-zy begin. Oh, wait, it already has. In fact, seeing Target’s new Christmas commercial last night is nothing compared to seeing Santa stockings hanging next to Halloween candy in Wal-Mart on the day after the 4th of July. Okay, maybe it was July 9th. Regardless, mega-popular couponing website, RetailMeNot.com has come up with a new term for the holiday-inspired retail frenzy which seems to start earlier and earlier each year. The new trademarked catchphrase: “OctoNovemCember.” Get it? To help those who aren’t quite there yet, the company has created a matching mascot … Continue reading →

What Will Black Friday 2012 Be Like?

What kind of deals will you get this year for Black Friday 2012? How early will the stores open and will the bargains be worth fighting the crowds and the lack of sleep? Even though it is only September, some of the experts are already making their predictions. Gottadeal.com is reporting that things will mostly be the way that they were last year for Black Friday. The stores will be open early, some of them on Thanksgiving, as I already reported. There will be a handful of hot deals, but quantities will be extremely limited, making it unlikely for the … Continue reading →

2012 Black Friday Opening Times Released!

Although the kids haven’t gone back to school in my part of the country, yet, we can already look forward to Christmas shopping. That is because many stores have already released the 2012 Black Friday shopping times, that is the hours that the stores will be open on Black Friday. Black Friday is known as the busiest shopping day of the year. While we have traditionally seen stores opening with Black Friday deals at 6am, and some at midnight, it looks like a few will even be open on Thanksgiving itself. So if you really want to snag the best … Continue reading →

A Cyber Monday Sale, Already?

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Where you will be shopping this weekend? There are plenty of random sales going on. The trick is to find them before the sale is over. This blog can help you to do that. Target is following up their “Bonus Black Friday” sale with an equally cleverly named “Summer Cyber Week”. Target says: “Save like it’s Cyber Monday all week long!” This is a sale that is only happening online, and not in the stores, (as you may have guessed). Target is offering different sale items each day from now through July 28, 2012, when this sale ends. Kohl’s is … Continue reading →

More Black Friday Store Hours for 2011

Ready to fight the crowds and get your hands on the best Black Friday deals? It is helpful to make a plan about which store to shop first. One good way to make that decision is to find out when the stores will be opening their doors. Yesterday, I posted a list that gave details about exactly when many of the big department stores will be starting their Black Friday Sales. However, there are plenty of stores that will be having big Black Friday sales that I didn’t have enough room to put into that first list. Toys R Us … Continue reading →

Insurance For Black Friday

Are you ready for the shopping frenzy known as “Black Friday”? Don’t let the excitement make you confuse the store warranties with actual insurance coverage. Make sure you are calm before you drive, so you won’t get into an accident. Problems on Black Friday could result in insurance claims. It certainly feels as though Black Friday came early this year. Many retailers started revealing their Black Friday deals shortly after the trick-or-treaters returned home this Halloween. Since then, it seems like there have been extra, “early”, sales going on each and every weekend. Retailers are trying very hard to push … Continue reading →

Three Black Friday Shopping Secrets

Are you ready for Black Friday? As one friend and I recently commiserated, Black Friday is a lot different than it used to be in years past. Back then, it was fun to get up at 5am and do some shopping. Now, though, stores open as early at 2 am. Many of them never even close from the day before but allow you to buy at Black Friday deals and prices starting at midnight. Hourly specials make things even more complicated. That is why it is so important to have a plan and use all of the best shopping secrets … Continue reading →

Black Thursday? Have Stores Gone Too Far?

This year, many stores are planning to open their doors late in the day on Thanksgiving in an attempt to lure Black Friday shoppers and their hard earned money into their stores. This move by retailers seems to have sparked a bit of an outrage among consumers and also among the employees of those stores. I love Black Friday and my husband and I have shopped on Black Friday every year for the past three years after we discovered how good the deals were. That said, I must agree with the employees and consumers that feel that starting sales on … Continue reading →