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When to expect Black Friday ads to leak this year


Brad

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As I've done the past few years, I've looked at the data from the past several years including when the ad was leaked for some popular stores and what date Black Friday fell on each year. Based on these numbers and this year's Black Friday date (November 24th), here is the "average" day you can expect these ads this year:

November 5: Sears, Sam's Club
November 6: Kohl's, JCPenney, Meijer, Macy's
November 7: Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, Kmart
November 8: Office Depot, Gander Mountain, Walgreens
November 9: Staples
November 10: CVS Pharmacy, Bass Pro Shops
November 11: Dick's Sporting Goods
November 12: Menard's, GameStop
November 13: Lowe's, Old Navy
November 15: Home Depot
November 24: Black Friday 2017

You can go back through the last 11 years to see the leaked dates for many stores here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Dates

Of course you may remember that the last few years we had a crazy 36-hour periods that saw ads from Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Kohl's and many others all released right after each other. I expect something similar this year around November 6-8 (and the data above backs it up), so be prepared...

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Is it just me or doe's it seem like it's taking so long for any of the major ad's to roll in ? I will be doing as much of mine as I can online this year so I'm ready to start my list! LOL

 

 

Its like that every year, but once the first drops they all start flowing in

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As I've done the past few years, I've looked at the data from the past several years including when the ad was leaked for some popular stores and what date Black Friday fell on each year. Based on these numbers and this year's Black Friday date (November 24th), here is the "average" day you can expect these ads this year:

 

November 5: Sears, Sam's Club

November 6: Kohl's, JCPenney, Meijer, Macy's

November 7: Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, Kmart

November 8: Office Depot, Gander Mountain, Walgreens

November 9: Staples

November 10: CVS Pharmacy, Bass Pro Shops

November 11: Dick's Sporting Goods

November 12: Menard's, GameStop

November 13: Lowe's, Old Navy

November 15: Home Depot

November 24: Black Friday 2017

 

You can go back through the last 11 years to see the leaked dates for many stores here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Dates

 

Of course you may remember that the last few years we had a crazy 36-hour periods that saw ads from Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Kohl's and many others all released right after each other. I expect something similar this year around November 6-8 (and the data above backs it up), so be prepared...

I think Gander Mountain may be gone. I know all the locations any place near me have closed in the past year. The dates look about right for most, especially Best Buy and Walmart, the 2 main places I care about. I figured between the 7th and the 11th this year based on previous release dates. Doesn't mean it may not release early and then under threat, be pulled again, as usual. 

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I think Gander Mountain may be gone. I know all the locations any place near me have closed in the past year. The dates look about right for most, especially Best Buy and Walmart, the 2 main places I care about. I figured between the 7th and the 11th this year based on previous release dates. Doesn't mean it may not release early and then under threat, be pulled again, as usual. 

 

So I just googled them they filed for bankruptcy back in May, seems they closed most of their stores and by looking at their website they are in the process of rebranding themselves and will be Gander Outdoors

 

but there are still some locations out there just pretty sparse it looks like

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So I just googled them they filed for bankruptcy back in May, seems they closed most of their stores and by looking at their website they are in the process of rebranding themselves and will be Gander Outdoors

 

but there are still some locations out there just pretty sparse it looks like

You are correct, the person who owns Camping World bought Gander Mountain from the bankruptcy court, he kept some of the stores (based on lease rates and sales from the past). All in all I would say it's now owned by a pretty stable company. Sort of odd he changed the name since it's one of the things he bought.

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