I work for one of the major retailers who shall remain nameless. My best advice is for stores like K-Mart,Target,and Wal-Mart,look for the nearest 24 hour SuperCenter if one is within a reasonable driving distance. These stores are usually open all night so you can go in and start looking around whenever you want without standing outside in the weather for long periods. Many of these stores run all-night,unadvertised specials;set up free coffee and doughnuts for early-birds and will allow customers already in the store an opportunity to see how and where the associates are setting up for the start of the sale at the designated time so you can "map out" exactly where to be lined up for the kick off.
