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Black Friday Sales

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

When Do Stores Open on Black Friday 2012?

All the information you need on where to find the best Black Friday deals at Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Kmart, Kohl's, Sears and hhgregg this year.

Looking for the best Black Friday sales? Here's information on when all the big box stores open and what their Black Friday sales will be.   Best Buy opens Friday at 12 a.m. Details: The store will hand out tickets for doorbusters starting at 10 p.m. Click here for sales.   Walmart opens on Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. Details: The store has a one-hour in-stock guarantee on the Apple iPad 2 16 GB, Emerson 32" LCD 720p TV and LG Blu-ray player. Click here to see your local store's sales.   Target opens on Thanksgiving at 9 p.m. Details: Get a sneak peek of sale items and find out what the store's doorbusters will be by signing up for alerts. Click here to see your local store's sales.   Sears opens on Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. Details: Doors open at…

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Are Target, Walmart, Other Retailers Ruining Thanksgiving?

Retail 'sale' creep hits the all-American holiday big time this year.

  If all you can wait to do after you chow down on your Thanksgiving meal is start the holiday shopping marathon, retailers are ready to help you. Other Americans, including some retail workers, are saying they want to keep one Thursday in November free of American capitalistic intrusion. Target, Walmart, Sears, KMart and Toys"R"Us have all announced they will open as early as 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, making 2012's holiday shopping season of 32 days and four hours perhaps the longest ever due to the way the calendar fell this year. At least one online petition says enough, already. A campaign on the site Change.org entitled, "Target: Take the high road and save Thanksgiving," had been signed by more than 230,000 users as of Friday night. …

Peggy Anne

10:31 am on Friday, November 23, 2012

Black Friday ? Why not play the Funeral March ? Of course consumers in human form have the right to shop 24/7. They have a right to be trampled, poked in the eye with an umbrella, make fools of themselves, and buy discounted caskets. Why not ?everything else is on sale. Big brother brainwashing is alive and well. I like to shop sensibly. Give me an old thrift shop, a rainy Monday, and an ebay …   more ›

Friday, November 25, 2011

Your Local Guide to Black Friday Deals

Here is a summary of nearby shopping options in Prince George's County and beyond.

Black Friday is a holiday in its own right: You eat mounds of turkey and all the trimmings, only to get out of bed at 4 a.m. and shop at your favorite department stores. But things have changed this year as some stores opened at midnight (heck, some of you reading this possibly spent last night shopping). Still wondering where to find the best deals? Don't worry! Here's a rundown of deals in your backyard.  If you're looking to travel a little further, try Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, which will stay open until 10 p.m. tonight. They have sales at the Kenneth Cole Company Store, Nike Factory Store and Crocs, among several other stores. Happy Black Friday! Target The familiar department store is running a two-day sale that ends Saturday. …

Lore Rosenthal

9:51 am on Friday, November 25, 2011

The other option is to celebrate buy-nothing-day, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Buy-Nothing-Day/112778512070348?sk=info   more ›

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