Shoppers, you may want to make sure your alarm clocks are working Friday.
That's because some of America's biggest retailers are planning early-morning openings and other one-day-only deals in an effort to jumpstart holiday sales.
On Friday, also called Black Friday, the country's unofficial holiday shopping kickoff date, Best Buy stores will open at 5 a.m. That's when consumers can snag an Xbox 360 Elite 120-gigabyte game system for $299. Also included: six games free. (Click here for information on how news of Black Friday sales can prematurely reach the public.)
"The sales on Black Friday are going to be big this year, maybe the biggest in two decades" says Britt Beamer, chairman America's Research Group, an industry market research firm.
In addition to Best Buy, Sears, Wal-Mart and Target are among the major retailers trying to spur spending by kicking off Black Friday sales early.
"Even though Black Friday has always had a halo around it," says Daniel de Grandpre, CEO of Deal News, an online site that tracks Black Friday deals, "some of the best deals can be found in the weeks before."
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