A year ago the approach of this Friday was a time of apprehension for many retailers as the deep economic depression was expected to have its impacted on the normally brisk period of sales that this day started for the shopping season. Retailers had slashed prices all over and were trying to make up for reduced turnovers throughout the period before. This year as we approach Friday the 26th of November 2010, things are not so bleak and Black Friday 2010 ads seem much cheerier than before and deep discounts that were the norm last year may not be all that easy to find.

How to Find the Best Deals

Black Friday circulars have been on view on many of the sites that offer deals. These sites are good for the shopper and will offer price and product comparisons available with the well known retailers and also the best deals that one can get. Some of the sites will even allow you to compile the lists of items from various stores and retailers. Once such a list has been made it will be well worth it to make comparisons on a price comparison engine so that you are sure you are looking at the most attractive prices. These search engines will also give you alerts if prices drop on items you are interested in. And of course a lot of the department stores offer coupons that can give you further discounts and these being in the range of fifteen percent can more than be the deciding factor as to where you will do your Black Friday shopping. Some retailers may even have secret sales which remain unadvertised, but can give you bargains that are still bigger. Shopping online is also possible and will obviate the need for you to get out of bed on a freezing cold morning in order to do your holiday season shopping. Not all items are offered online and some of the best sales may still require you to queue up outside the store you have zeroed in through the ads, but most of them do hand out first-in-line vouchers that can guarantee that you get the best deal on the item that you have been aching to buy. It would mean of course that you would have to be up in the middle of the night and make your way to the queues that are already forming outside most stores on Black Friday mornings. Very deep discounts of 50 to 75 percent available in some stores especially on electronic items is limited to just a few pieces and you would have to get one of those first-in-line vouchers to make sure that you get it.

Articles and Guides

Spend some time in front of your laptop well before thanksgiving. You could find information on specific items of your interest and the various stores that do offer the best Black Friday deals. You can then concentrate on only those items that are interest of you and ignore the others. This can include laptops, computers, televisions, toys and clothes as these make up the bulk of the buying on sales on these days which are so near to the Christmas times that need you to give out a lot of gifts. Make sure that these articles and guides are unbiased and not written or sponsored by any of the big retail chains themselves. Forums are a good guide in such matters as you would get a lot of diverse opinions from people like yourself.




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