Before you’ve even started on your second serving of stuffing, many retailers will have flung open their doors for Thanksgiving sales. By the time you’ve moved on to the pecan pie, floods of shoppers will have reached the back aisles, their carts wobbling under the weight of towering TVs and piles of toys.
But don’t scurry out to the stores just yet. You can catch the vast majority of Thanksgiving sales online, snuggled up by the fire with your eye on the football game.
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To minimize your shopping time and maximize family time without missing out on a single deal, refer to this guide to seven huge Black Friday sales starting on Thanksgiving.
1. Kohl’s Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Nov. 21
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
Kohls.com launches a dazzling array of Black Friday doorbusters on November 21, days before these offers are available in the store. The deals will run until the online and in-store sales end on Friday at 1 p.m. Top doorbusters include:
— Haier 49-inch 4K ultra HDTV with $75 worth of Kohl’s Cash for $349.99.
— Fitbit Alta special edition fitness wristband for $99.99.
— Sony PlayStation 4 500GB Uncharted 4 console bundle for $249.99.
— Apple Watch Series 2 with $105 worth of Kohl’s Cash for $369.
— 50 percent off toys from Fisher-Price, Playskool, Hot Wheels and other brands.
2. Sears Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
Sears.com has already released early Black Friday deals on select items, including appliances, home goods and electronics, exclusively for its loyalty club members. When the official sale kicks off on Thanksgiving, Sears will unlock its biggest doorbuster deals for all shoppers. Highlights from the sale include:
— Kenmore Energy Star-certified French door bottom-freezer refrigerator for $999.99.
— NordicTrack C treadmill for $599.99.
— Serta Coralee queen mattress for $139.
— Craftsman 22-inch dual stage snowblower for $399.99.
All of the aforementioned deals include $50 in Shop Your Way rewards points.
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3. Target Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
Like Sears, Target has already launched early access Black Friday deals on electronics, video games, and other products. These pre-sale offers will be available until November 24 online and in-store. A deluge of doorbusters will arrive on Thanksgiving in Target stores and Target.com, including:
— Samsung 55-inch 4K Motion Rate 120 curved Smart Ultra HDTV with a free $70 Target gift card for $697.99.
— Fitbit Charge R with PurePulse heart rate monitoring for $89.95.
— Xbox One S console bundle with a free $40 Target gift card for $249.99.
— Hoover Quest 700 robotic vacuum for $199.99.
— 50 percent off life-sized figurine toys, including Star Wars characters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
— Free shipping and returns on all Target.com orders.
4. Wal-Mart Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 12 a.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 6 p.m.
During the holidays, the massive retailer drops already-low prices even further to draw droves of shoppers. Wal-Mart will offer select deals leading up to Thanksgiving on its website, in addition to early access to the Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving morning. The sale will feature low prices on electronics and other hot products, including:
— Philips 55-inch Class Smart 4K TV for $298.
— Roku Express Plus for $25.
— Samsung Chromebook 3 for $119.
— Polaroid Instant Digital Camera bundle for $84.
— Razor Hovertrax 2.0 Hoverboard for $273.
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5. Best Buy Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 12 a.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 5 p.m.
Best Buy’s Black Friday sale has historically attracted huge lines of eager shoppers, many of whom camp out overnight to snatch up limited-supply doorbusters. This year, the electronics retailer will offer all of its deals online and in-store, so shoppers can skip the concrete camping and catch doorbusters from the comfort of home. Best Buy has promised to unveil “thousands of hot deals,” 16 of which are already available on BestBuy.com. The following offers will be available exclusively during its Black Friday sale:
— Toshiba 49-inch 4K Ultra HDTV for $199.99.
— Amazon Fire Tablet with 16GB for $59.99.
— Powerbeats2Wireless Headphones for $89.99.
— GoPro HERO5 Black with a 64GB memory card and free $35 Best Buy gift card for $399.99.
— Dell touch screen laptop with Intel Core i5 Processor for $349.99.
6. Kmart Black Friday Sale
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 7 p.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 7 p.m.
In its Black Friday ad, Kmart gives customers a sneak peek at what the store calls “Thanksgiving Night Doorbusters.” These deals will run through the wee hours of the morning until 2 p.m. on Black Friday. In addition to its doorbuster sale, Kmart will run a three-day sale from Thursday through Saturday with even more special offers. Some of the hottest deals include:
— DVDs and Blu-rays for $1.
— Proctor Silex toasters, can openers and mixers for $4.
— Buy one, get one for $1 deal on family footwear.
— Buy one, get one 50 percent off deal on Fisher-Price, Laugh & Learn and Little People infant toys.
— Disney’s Frozen and Spider-Man bicycles for $19.
— 50 percent off Christmas supplies, including specialty trees lighting and accessories.
7. JCPenney
Online sale starts: Thanksgiving at 3 p.m.
In-store sale starts: Thanksgiving at 3 p.m.
Welcoming in shoppers at 3 p.m., JCPenney hosts one of the earliest Thanksgiving store openings of all the major players. The department store is giving the first in-store customers a chance to win surprise coupons, which are good for deals like $10 off purchases of $10 or more or $500 off purchases of $500 or more. JCPenney will offer the following deals both in-store and online:
— Select women’s boots for $19.99.
— Hotpoint stainless steel basket washer or electric dryer for $293.
— Cooks power blender, programmable coffee maker, nonstick griddle or six-quart slow cooker for $7.99.
— Any size Pinnacle Hardside Luggage for $40.
— Up to 40 percent off major appliances.
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