Black Friday 2012 Store Hours: Apple, Best Buy, Fry's, GameStop, Toys R Us, Sports Authority & More
Thanksgiving has arrived and Black Friday is only hours away.
Here's a list of popular retailers and their holiday hours of operation.
Apple is holding a one-day only shopping event that begins on midnight Friday online and extended hours at ground locations from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. through the weekend. It's unclear what discounts will be available yet, but looking at Black Friday 2011, Apple offered $20 off iPad 2 and iPod Touch, and $101 off MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac.
Bass Pro shops will be open Thanksgiving Day at many locations from 8 a.m.- 6 p.m., with a Great Turkey Campout and gift card drawings from 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. On Black Friday, the store opens at 6 a.m. with door-busters until 11 a.m.
Best Buy will hand out tickets to customers in line starting at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night to avoid the midnight rush. The tech store's deals include a Samsung 15.6-inch laptop with 4 GB memory and 500 GB hard drive for $349.95 and a Toshiba 40-inch LCD HDTV for $179.99.
Burlington Coat Factory opens Friday 6 a.m.-10 p.m. with the same hours on Saturday and Sunday. Some of the deals include ladies boots for $24.99, sweaters for $12.99 and suits for $29.99.
Costco opens at 9 a.m. on Friday with deals lasting through the weekend while supplies last.
Dick's Sporting Goods opens at midnight on Friday with door-buster until 2 a.m.
Fry's Electronics opens at 6 a.m. on Friday with deals like Lenovo Windows 8 laptops for $187, iPod Touch 16GB for $194, and 8-inch Touch Tablet with Android 4.0 for $89.99.
GameStop locations will one up at one of two times on Black Friday: either midnight or 5 a.m. Some of the deals include a Nintendo 3DS XL for $199, a 250GB Xbox 360 with three free games for $249 and a 250 GB Playstation 3 with five free games for $199.97. GameStop is having a promotion where if you buy "Just Dance 4" for the Nintendo Wii you'll get "Just Dance 3" for free.
JCPenney opens at 6 a.m. on Friday offering over 50 styles of women's boots for $25, Liz Claiborne and Nicole Miller purses $15 to $20 and select women's coats for $40.
Kmart opens Thanksgiving from 6 a.m.-4 p.m. then reopens at 8 p.m. until 3 a.m. On Friday, the store opens at 5 a.m. with saving like 80 percent off all jewelry, hooded Henley's for $5, puffer jackets for $15 and up to 50 percent off women's and plus size apparel.
Kohl's opens Thursday at midnight offering $15 in Kohl's Cash for every $50 spent. from Nov. 21 - Nov. 25.
Macy's will open at midnight on Black Friday with a one-hour special deal event until 1 p.m. and Saturday special hours from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Michaels opens Thanksgiving Day at 4 p.m. with door-busters until 11 p.m. and Black Friday hours from 7 a.m.-11 p.m.
Old Navy opens at midnight Friday with deal-like fleece half-zips for the family for $15, jeans at $15 and women's boots for $12
Sears opens their doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving offering a door buster HDTV: 32-inch TV for $97, Proscan DVD players for $9.99 and select 2 CT diamond jewelry for $99.
Sports Authority opens at 12:01 a.m. with special deals until 3 p.m. that includes a door-buster event at many locations, where the first 80 people in line on Black Friday will get bonus bucks for that day only between $10 and $500.
Target opens Thanksgiving at 9 p.m. with door buster deals that include: a 32-inch HDTV for $147, Xbox 360 Kinect bundles for $199.99, Polaroid 19-inch LED/DVD TVs for $109.99, Nook Simple Touch E-Readers for $49, and Apple iPads with Retina Displays for $499 with a $60 Target gift card.
Toys R Us opens at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving with offers that include a Fisher-Price Rock Star Mickey for $19.98, Power Wheels riding sports quads at $49.99 and a Leapfrog tag reading system with select books for $19.99.
Walmart's doors open at 8 p.m. Thursday with family specials around the store for the first of three big events planned for shoppers.
The savings start at 10 p.m. with a one-hour sale for the second event, with deals that include the following: a 16GB Apple iPad 2 with WiFi for $399 plus a $75 Wal-Mart gift card, an Emerson 32-inch 720p LCD television for $148 and LG Blu-ray players for only $38.
The last event starts at 5 a.m. on Black Friday with special deals on jewelry, clothes and more TVs.
Happy shopping!
