Best Buy
Best
Buy will be celebrating the kick-off of the holiday season with its
"Black Friday VIP Contest." In the country's top 25 markets, customers
were asked to submit stories explaining why Black Friday is important
to their family. The winners, announced the week of Nov. 24, will be
picked up in limos and given $1,000 Best Buy gift cards. Winners will
be granted access to Best Buy stores at 4:30 a.m. on Friday the 27th, a
half hour before stores officially open.
www.bestbuy.com
Target
Target.com
will be hosting its biggest free-shipping event ever this holiday
season. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 13, more than 60,000 items will qualify
for free shipping. Guests can also get a sneak peak at Black Friday
deals as of 2 a.m. Thanksgiving, online at
Target.com/weeklyad.
Toys ‘R’ Us
Toys
"R" Us is targeting bargain shoppers with its 150 "doorbuster" deals
from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27. On Thanksgiving Day, Toys "R"
Us will distribute a 24-page circular announcing the more-than-100
doorbusters being offered throughout the holiday weekend. If that's not
soon enough, beginning Wednesday, November 26, the company will present
a midnight sneak peek at more than 50 unadvertised Mystery Doorbuster
deals on www.Toysrus.com.
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed
Bath & Beyond stores will be offering 20 percent off on entire
purchases from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Nov. 28. The deal includes in-store
purchases only. Free standard shipping on all orders over $100 will be
available online only at
www.bedbathandbeyond.com from Nov. 21 to Dec. 16.
Sears
Sears' Early Black Friday deals include:
Kenmore Stylite Retraxx vacuum—sale: $79.99, save $50.
Craftsman ½ chain drive garage door opener—sale: $99.99, save: $40.
Craftsman Professional 20v Lithium Ion Drill—sale: $199.99, save: $200.
Craftsman 5-drawer tool center—sale: $79.99, save: $90.
J.C. Penney
J.C.
Penney will be offering early doorbuster deals from 4 a.m. until 1 p.m.
on Black Friday, including: a My Sports Gaming System for $38.88; a 2GB
mp3 video and music player for $28.88; half carat T.W. diamond necklace
or bracelet for $79.99 each; and one-third carat T.W. diamond earrings
for $99.99 per pair.
Deals on apparel include Worthington tops
for $11.99 and Worthington jackets for $23.99; juniors' Arizona
sweaters for $15.99; men's St. John's Bay mocknecks and turtlenecks for
$6.99 and St. John's Bay fleece for $14.99; entire stock of young men's
Arizona original; loose, relaxed, and basic bootcut jeans for $11.99;
Arizona thermal knit tops for $9.99; and boys' Arizona authentic jeans
for $9.99.
Deals on home appliances and goods include $14.98
each for a cook's griddle; 6-quart slow cooker; coffeemaker; 2-slice
toaster; hand mixer or 3-in-1 grill/waffle/sandwich maker; $2.99 for
the classic towel; $8.88 for bed pillow twin-packs; $18.99 for any size
fleece blanket; and $38.88 for a Protocol® Portsmouth 5-piece luggage
set.
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
will be open at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. Stores will offer a variety of
deals on toys, Christmas decorations, and video games. Special deals
can be found by entering local zip codes at www.walmart.com/localad.
Office Depot
Office
Depot is looking to make its technology gifts appeal to the whole
family. Deals can be found on an assortment of items, including: the GE
Digital PhotoPhone; HP Touchsmart All-in-One Desktop PC; Hewlett
Packard C6380 Wireless Printer; Garmin nuvi 255W; Microsoft Arc Mouse;
officially-licensed NFL and Collegiate team chairs; Ativa "Jelly" Flash
Drive; and AT&T's Go Phone.
Gap
Gap
will be offering a buy-one-get-one-free sweater promotion that begins
Nov. 27. Starting on Saturday, Nov. 29, Gap shoppers can buy any item
and receive 50 percent off on any other item of equal or lesser value.
Select Gap stores will be open Thanksgiving Day.
Old Navy
Old
Navy stores will open at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. The first customers to
purchase goods worth $20 or more will get a Samsung Pebble MP3 Player.
Old Navy will also be offering a "Gas Giveaway." Each time shoppers use
a Gap, Old Navy, or Banana Republic card to make a purchase at an Old
Navy store, they will automatically qualify for a chance to win free
gasoline for a year.
Lowe's
Lowe's
is offering a number of deals from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, accessible at
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pg&p=Promos/BlackFriday.html/.
Featured items include a Haier 18-bottle wine chiller for $99.99; 10
percent off all Kobalt Tool Storage items; and a Black & Decker
24-Volt, 4-Piece, Cordless Combo Kit for $59.97—originally $159.
Kmart
Kmart
will be offering several electronics deals on Black Friday. These
include a 50 percent discount on Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (priced
at $49.99, down from $89.99); Element 2GB Touch MP3 Player (originally
priced at $69.99, down to $39.99); and a Tom Tom Global Positioning
System, down 49 percent, to $99.99.
IKEA
The
Swedish retailer will be offering special deals on some of their most
popular products over the Thanksgiving weekend. On Friday, the company
will be reducing the price of its most popular bed, the Malm, from $199
to $99. Saturday's special offer is on the Mala child's easel, down
from $24.99 to $9.99. Sunday's deal is for the Mysa Vete down
comforter, priced at $49.99, reduced from $79.99 to $129.99, depending
on size. On all three mornings, the retailer will serve breakfast until
10:30 a.m.
Kohl's
Kohl's
will be open from 4 a.m. until midnight on the Friday after
Thanksgiving and will be offering Early Bird Deals until 1 p.m. Early
Bird discounts include 50 percent off on the entire stock of toys; 40
to 50 percent off on all women's designer brands (including Simply Vera
by Vera Wang, the ELLE Contemporary Collection, and daisy fuentes); and
a high-definition video camera value pack, including 2GB SD card,
tripod, rechargeable batteries, cable, and pouch. The video camera
pack, new at Kohl's, will be priced at $99.99, down from $199.99.
