This page is dedicated to the 2010 Black Friday season. This year, Black Friday will occur on November 26th. The actual ads will be available in your Thanksgiving Day paper (not Wednesday!). If you live outside of a city, consider traveling closer to the city to ensure that you get all of the ads as they sometimes run out before delivering to outlying areas.
During the past few years, stores are opening earlier and earlier, hoping to take advantage of a larger slice of customers. When all stores open at the same time, it’s difficult to take advantage of each of the store’s deals, so many will choose the store that has the most suitable items and skip the others. If you’re headed to a larger city (Springfield included), you know that it takes at least 2 hours per store- and that’s just getting in the parking lot!
There will also be a handful of stores offering sales on Thanksgiving day, and others will be devoting their 4 day ad (runs Sunday 11/21-Wednesday 11/24) to bring you even more deep discounts.
It’s also becoming more and more common for stores to put their Black Friday items online. Most online sales will start on Thursday so that you still have time to go out if you don’t get the item. Stores are hoping that you’ll do both- because we all know how many impulse items we buy!
The following is a listing of important information to help you plan your Black Friday trip. You’ll find ad scans, opening times, and online dates. As I receive the information, I’ll post it here. Check it often! Also check out our Black Friday posts for even more information.
All links to the ad scans are provided by www.blackfriday.gottadeal.com. In order to see the full scans (photos) of the ads, you’ll need to register for a free account and look through the forums. A text only version is available for non-members.
Opening Times (* indicates that they will have items online also, see below for online times)
10:00 pm (yeah, that’s Thanksgiving night)
Toys R Us
Midnight
Bath & Body Works
Old Navy
Premium Outlets
Tanger Outlets
3:00 am
Kohl’s
4:00 am
AAFES
JC Penney
Target
Macy’s
Sears
5:00 am
Fred’s
Walmart*
Babies R Us
Best Buy
Kmart
Sam’s Club
5:30 am
Radio Shack
6:00 am
Gander Mountain*
Bass Pro
Harbour Freight (club members only at 6:00- all others at 7:00)