Black Friday 2016 Deals: Best Buy, Toys R Us & More Starting Sales Later And Ditching Thanksgiving Hours? [PHOTO]
Macy's may be planning on keeping their Thanksgiving hours and even moving their sale start time up to 5 p.m., but other big retailers could be jumping on the bandwagon that sees stores opening their doors for Black Friday sales back on Black Friday itself once more.
While none of the major retailers have yet revealed what they are planning on doing for Black Friday weekend itself just yet, or what their sales will be, their individual websites may be hinting that they are considering the possibility of not opening their doors until Friday Nov. 25 again, returning their in-store sales back to the initial day that kicked off the weekend, instead of on Thanksgiving Night, a trend that has taken over in recent years, and creeped earlier and earlier into the day, with some sales even beginning mid-Thanksgiving afternoon.
Best Buy's Black Friday page on their site tells shoppers to get themselves ready for Nov. 25, which is Friday itself, meaning the retailer may be considering reversing their hours of the last few years. They first opened on Thanksgiving Night in 2013, starting their sale at 6 p.m. They changed their tactic for 2014 and 2015, opening at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, but closing by 1 a.m. on Friday morning before reopening at 8 a.m.
Kohl's and Toys r Us also only mention Nov. 25 as a sale date as well on their pages. Kohl's opened at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Night in 2013, and has since opened at 6 p.m. in both 2014 and 2015, while Toys R Us opened at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving Night in 2010, 9 p.m. in 2011, 8 p.m. in 2012, and 5 p.m. 2013-2015.
JcPenney and Target don't specifically state any dates on their websites, but any dates specified for any of the stores are not necessarily ones to go on, unless the companies themselves announce they won't open until Friday. JcPenney has however revealed that they will release their ad for Black Friday on Nov. 4.
One retailer who can be counted on to continue the trend of being open on Thanksgiving Night for sales however is Walmart, which does explicitly state both Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 on its website.
