Despite Amazon's best efforts with its much-hyped Prime Day events, Black Friday remains the biggest shopping holiday of the year by far. It always takes place on the fourth Friday in November (and the day after Thanksgiving), which happens to fall fairly late in the month in 2025. For consumers, that means two things: There's a shorter-than-usual window for last-minute Christmas shopping, but more-than-usual leeway for scoping out Black Friday deals in advance. Plan accordingly.

Here are the nitty-gritty details you need to know about the Black Friday sales at major retailers in order to strategize and score the best deals this season.

When is Black Friday 2025?

With Thanksgiving slated for Thursday, Nov. 27, Black Friday is happening on Friday, Nov. 28 this year.

That being said, mos

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