Brad

The earlier they keep moving opening times on Thursday, the less likely it becomes that people will go out on Friday. People will go out for 4-6 hours on Thursday and be done instead of all day Friday like it used to be.

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Listing: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/YankeeCandle Scans: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridayScans/YankeeCandle PDF: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/pdf/GottaDeal-YankeeCandle-BF2014.pdf

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http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1983416

I see an ad for 10/16 to 10/26 (so it's expired). Am I missing something else?

One month to go

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If it's like last year, it'll be the 10th/11th. That's when WM/BB/Target/Kohls/etc... all released theirs last year.

One week left to order...

Xbox One $50 price drop for the holidays: http://news.xbox.com/2014/10/xbox-one-special-savings

If it's anything like last year, the big stores are all going to leak their ads themselves in about 2 weeks, well before they leak.

My pet peeve is that I'm too busy/tired to actually be able to go out shopping

They started last year on November 1st, which was a Friday, so we should see something this week.

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http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MoreSales/ToysRUsToyBook Will try to get a PDF link posted soon.

I don't remember even getting the WM letter last year. They leaked it so soon themselves that they probably figured they didn't have to bother with them.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MoreSales/KmartToyBook

A lot of the Black Friday deals were available online Wednesday and Wednesday night last year, so there were very few "new" deals that popped up during the day on Thanksgiving itself.

12 items sold. They need at least 50 ordered by the deadline in order for this to be a go, so if anyone is going to order, do it soon. Otherwise you'll have to win shirts like always