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Monday, November 19, 2012

Speak Out: Christmas Shopping Starting Too Early?

Want a great deal? You may have to spend part of your Thanksgiving to get it. Tell us what you think about retailers pushing the start of the holiday shopping season onto Turkey Day.

Looking to grab some great Black Friday deals? Better be prepared to scarf down the turkey and put away the pumpkin pie quickly. It’s becoming a tradition for the holiday shopping season to start well before the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. But your holiday food might still be warm by the time retailers offer the first “Black Friday” deal. Take, for example, Walmart. The retailer is rolling out its first Black Friday deals Thursday—that’s Thanksgiving night—at 8 p.m. Not to be outdone, Target is inviting customers to grab its Black Friday deals at 9 p.m. Thursday. The early deals means those hoping to save money during their holiday shopping will be spending part of another holiday heading to stores, fighting the crowds and waiting in …

P D Murray

8:21 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012

It leaves nothing for kids to get excited about, by the time you start decorating and putting out displays in the store the same time as halloween, it's confusing. Let us have the opportunity to "Give Thanks" with our families. The poor folk who work retail deserve that time for themselves. Enough already!   more ›

Add Target to Thanksgiving 'Black Friday' List

The retailer announces that it will open at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Walmart already had planned to open at 8 p.m.

It won't be hard to find a place to shop on Thanksgiving night. Target has announced that it will open at 9 p.m. Thursday so shoppers can get a head start on Black Friday deals. “We thought long and hard about when the right opening time would be,” Target executive Kathee Tesija said in an Associated Press report. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, already had announced that it will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Do you plan to shop for Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving? Tell us in the comments below. Target plans to offer deals that include an Apex 32-inch LCD TV for $147 and a Nikon digital camera for $99.99 for the earlier opening, according to the report. From 4 a.m. to noon on Friday, customers who spend $50 or more on clothing…

MG

8:05 am on Monday, November 19, 2012

Last year Target moved their opening time to midnight. I reluctantly went. But I will NOT go at 9 PM. There has always been a sense of fun waiting for the stores to open, but getting in line for a 9 PM opening means getting in line at what time??? I will be home, thank you very much!   more ›

Black Friday on Thanksgiving? At Walmart, Yes

The nation's largest retailer will roll out specials beginning at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.

Black Friday? That was SO 2011. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, has announced that it will begin holiday shopping specials at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, according to media reports. The retailing giant also began Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving 2011, but at 10 p.m. In 2012, the specials start at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Are you glad to see Black Friday deals extended further into the Thanksgiving holiday? Or do you feel that it's overkill? Tell us in the comments below. According to an ad on Walmart.com, Black Friday/Thursday specials include $399 for an iPad 2 (16GB) and $148 for a 32-inch television.

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