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Detroit Free Press Georgea Kovanis column: Black Friday secrets revealed early
Nov 22, 2008 (Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
It's sale season!
With anticipation swirling around Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, some stores are releasing their usually top secret day-after-Thanksgiving sale circulars early.
Meijer has already posted its ads for Thanksgiving Day (sale starts at 6 a.m.), Black Friday (sale starts at 5 a.m.) and the Thanksgiving weekend on www.meijer.com
Among the Black Friday doorbuster deals at Meijer, which for the second year in a row has posted its ads early:
--A Sylvania 22-inch LCD HDTV for $249.99, which is half the regular price.
--A Sylvania Blu-ray disc player for $149.99, which is $100 off the regular price.
And www.gottadeal.com said on Friday it received special permission from Wal-Mart to post the discounter's Black Friday ad early.
Among Wal-Mart's early bird specials:
--HP Pavilion Desktop with2GB RAM, 160GB HD and 19-inch LCD Monitor for $398.
--HP DeskJet F2210 All-in-One Printer for $295.
--Magnavox Blu-ray disc player for $128.
--Hannah Montana dolls for $5.
Meanwhile, Kohl's, which will open at 4 a.m. on Black Friday, said it will release its ad Tuesday -- two days before Thanksgiving -- on its Web site: www.kohls.com Already, though, it has revealed that doorbusters will include a high-definition video camera with accessories for $99.99, $100 off the regular price; and half off all toys.
J.C. Penney (opening at 4 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving) said it plans to release its Black Friday ad -- which the store says has 45 pages of door busters and is its biggest sale circular ever -- Tuesday on www.jcp.com.
Releasing the ads early -- usually they appear in Thanksgiving Day newspapers -- gives shoppers time to plan a strategy and creates buzz for retailers in need of an economic boost, especially since this holiday shopping season is expected to be quite dismal.
Meanwhile, Black Friday Web sites have obtained early copies of many of the day-after Thanksgiving sale circulars and have posted them online.
Check out www.gottadeal.com, www.bfads.net and www.blackfriday.info
The ads on these Web sites have a history of being accurate, though stores sometimes make last-minute changes.
Toys 'R' Us deals
Toys 'R' Us is already touting its Black Friday doorbusters, available from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. while supplies last.
Among them:
--Six free PlayStation 2 games, free "21" DVD and free PlayStation 2 DVD remote with the purchase of a PlayStation 2 System.
--$50 Toys 'R' Us gift card with the purchase of a black 16GB iPod Nano.
--Free Nintendo DS accessory with the purchase of Nintendo DS Brain Age Bundle or Nintendo DS Super Mario Bros. Bundle.
--More than 80% off Xbox 360 wired "Guitar Hero" game controller.
--60% off Toymax EyeClops from Jakks Pacific.
--60% off Disney "High School Musical 2" figures 3-pack.
--More than 50% off Littlest Pet Shop VIP Plush Pets from Hasbro.
--Up to 50% off "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" bundle for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360.
--50% off Little Tikes Diggers.
--50% off Jumbo Talking Elmo from Fisher-Price.
--50% off some Huffy scooters.
--33% off V-Tech Learning Laptop.
--More than 30% off Thomas & Friends train sets.
--$60 off iHome Portable iPod docking station.
--$50 off Sony 7.2MP Pink Cybershot digital camera.
For more information: www.toysrus.com. Go to the section that says "about us," then click on "news" and then "press releases."
Gift with purchase
Meanwhile, Lush stores -- which sell handmade, Earth-friendly bath and body products -- are for the first time offering a Black Friday gift with purchase special.
For every $40 you spend, you'll receive a free product worth up to $10.
"Lush is trying to do its part to stimulate the economy and one way to achieve that is to present something special to consumers," Mark Wolverton, Lush's North American CEO, said in a prepared statement.
To find a store: www.lush.com
Anniversary markdown
And the sales just keep getting better.
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Tender -- the high end designer store in Birmingham -- has marked its merchandise 50% off.
Hello Miu Miu, Jimmy Choo, Lanvin and the rest of the A-list designers.
The store doesn't usually do its 50% off sale until January but wanted to celebrate its anniversary with something other than a party.
Contact GEORGEA KOVANIS at 313-222-6842 or gkovanis@freepress.com.
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