Black Friday Shopping Continues With Saturday, Weekend Deals

A local listing of 2012 Black Friday specials continues with a spotlight on Saturday deals for the Thanksgiving Day weekend holiday.

Black Friday at Westfield Brandon, Walmart, More Continues in Earnest

Black Friday shoppers, thanks to Black Friday merchants, cut short their Thanksgiving Day stay-at-home plans with early shopping Thursday. The slate of sales continues Friday, Nov. 23. Here's a sampling of what's on tap.

Black Friday Deals at Walmart, Online and In Store

Who's waiting for Black Friday anymore? You'd have to be hiding under a rock not to know that retailers nationwide and back home in your neighborhoods are opening their doors early to holiday shoppers.

  There's a new trend afoot, and it's gaining momentum: the Black Firday sale on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Count among the participating merchants your local Walmart, where Black Friday shoppings starts 8 p.m. today, Nov. 22. Online deal shopping began early Thursday morning at Walmart.com, where "your map to Black Friday savings" also is available. Of special note is a 10 p.m., one-hour "in-stock guarantee" for the following items, available only in stores: Other Black Friday sales include a $279 HP laptop, $198 Emerson 40" HDTV and $688 Vizio 60" LED Smart TV. These and other sale items and events are noted in Walmart's online circular. ______________ Greater Brandon Walmart Locations  

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Target Takes Aim on Thanksgiving Night Shoppers with Early Black Friday Deals

The Super Target in the Greater Brandon area of Riverview is set to join the Black Friday shopping craze with deals starting as early as 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. That would be Thursday, Nov. 22.

  Hours before the Westfield Brandon shopping mall opens at midnight Thanksgiving Day, the Super Target on Bloomingdale Avenue is set to open its doors, with select Black Friday savings, at 9 p.m. Nov. 22. Additional Target doorbusters will go on sale Friday, Nov. 23, at 4 a.m. Super Target is in the Greater Brandon area of Riverview, at 10150 Bloomingdale Ave. Kathee Tesija, Target's executive vice president for merchandising, said in a news release: "We heard from our guests that they look forward to kicking off their holiday shopping with deal-hunting on Thanksgiving night. Opening at 9 p.m. gives Target's Black Friday guests a more convenient way to create an after-dinner shopping event that the entire family can enjoy." Sneak Peak Of …

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What's Tampa Bay Saying?

Poll: Is Black Friday Shopping For You?

When people start lining up late Thanksgiving night to take advantage of door-buster deals in the wee hours Friday morning will you be there?

Love it or hate it, Black Friday is the super bowl of shopping. And with its arrival only mere days away, Tampa Bay is abuzz with people talking about the potential savings stores big and small have to offer. Some people create their own Black Friday “game plans” on what stores to hit and when after they've poured over the announced bargains various retailers have to offer. There are those so keen on saving they set alarms to wake them up in the wee hours of the night. These folks line up early and some even camp out all night to be able to scoop up the deals they’re after. Are you one of those shoppers? Do you do Black Friday or do you prefer to stay as far away from stores on the day after Thanksgiving as possible? Let us know by taking …

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