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[arci122]

Brad, How about a listing (if there is not someone already) of when the various stores open. That way we can keep it straight on our path of shopping!

[samisma]

I have been keeping track the best that I can. As ads are posted I can update. I also am contacting stores of interest. Note that some stores will vary region to region and I highly recommend that you call to confirm with that store what their opening time will be on BF!

Here are all the times that I've in my handy dandy notebook:

THANKSGIVING DAY
Kmart - 7am
Meijer - 6am
Outlets in Las Vegas - 10am
CompUSA - 9pm-Midnight

Black Friday Stores – Confirmed

Midnight
Prime Outlets (IL, WI)
VanHeusen Outlet
Bass Outlet
Jordan Creek Mall (IA)
Prime Outlets (FL)
Geoffrey Beane Outlet
IZOD Outlet
Wrenthen Outlets
Tanger Outlets
Lighthouse Place (Chelsea Outlets) Michigan City, IN
North Georgia Premium Outlet
Outlets at Anthem (az)
Lancaster Pa Outlets
Jackson Outlets (nj)
The Crossings Outlets (tannersville, PA)
Leesburg Outlets (DC area/VA)
Prime Outlets in Smithfield, NC
Albertville Premium Outlets (MN)
VF Outlets Village (Reading, PA)
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
ValueCity
Aeropostale*
Abercrombie & Fitch*

1:00 AM
Altamonte Mall (Orlando, FL)
Spring Hill Mall (WestDundee IL)

2:00 AM

3:00AM
Disney Store*

4:00 AM
JC Penneys
Kohl's
Mervyn's
Dillard's

5:00 AM
CompUSA
Wal-Mart
Sam's Club
Circuit City
Best Buy
Beall's
Toys R Us
Old Navy
Mervyn's
PepBoys
Home Depot
Sears
Meijer
KBToys
Ocean County Mall (NJ)
Lake Square Mall (FL)
Seminole Towne Center (FL)


6:00 AM
Michael's
Build-A-Bear*
Office Depot
Boscovs
Linens & Things
RadioShack
Kmart
Macy's
Bath & Body Works*
Staples
Target
Sports Chalet*
Volusia Mall (FL)
Tyrone Square Mall (FL)
King of Prussia Mall (PA)
Oxford Valley Mall(PA)
Arrowhead Mall (AZ)
Quaker Bridge Mall(PA)
Deptford Mall(NJ)
Montgomery Mall(PA)
The Gallery(PA)
Cherry Hill Mall(NJ)
Neshaminy Mall(PA)
Franklin Mills Mall(PA)
Willow Grove(PA)
Patrick Henry Mall (VA)
Moorestown Mall (NJ)
Hamilton Mall (NJ)
Springfield Mall

7:00 AM
Burlington Coat Factory
EB Games
GameStop
Ace Hardware
OfficeMax
Big Lots
Harbor Freight
Walgreens
Arizona Mills (AZ)

8:00 AM
Gymboree*
FYE *
Children's Place*
Marshall's
TJ Maxx
Hobby Lobby*
The Gettysburg Village Outlets
Outlets in Las Vegas

9:00 AM & Later
Costco - 9am

Black Friday NOT confirmed
Play It Again Sports
Dillards
Christiana Mall (de)
Cumberland Mall (nj)


* stores with this notation apparently are going to vary in opening time from town to town to town. I will post the earliest opening time that I can confirm. If you see an asterisk, and it's a store you want to shop at please call the business to see what time your location will be opening.

[I]Those in italics are SHOPPING CENTERS.

[cassgurlie04]

well thank you for that i was wondering myself;)

[DB_Cooper]

3AM at the Disney Store should be interesting...

[samisma]

no prob. and if anyone runs across more opening times for any store of interest on BF please post up and i'll update the list. i'm still trying to find out: kb toys, barnes & noble, borders, burlington coat factory, dillards, boscov's, carters, osh kosh, carters, various outlet stores/centers, etc etc if you have any specific store requests post it up now. i'm going to start calling my personal contacts as well as stores tomorrow.

[samisma]

3AM at the Disney Store should be interesting...

tell me about it. i hope that is a misunderstanding on the sales girl's part. i'll find out for sure tomorrow i hope. on the other side.. it'd be nice to get them out of the way and then run off to the other stores considering the driving distance.

[cassgurlie04]

maybe im just not seeing it but JC PENNEY???

[samisma]

right under compusa. 4am - per a jcp employee at arrowhead mall (glendale az). i believe this is national, but it might be regional.

[Melissa]

maybe im just not seeing it but JC PENNEY???

4:00 am

[cassgurlie04]

LMAO thank you like i said i guess i just didnt see it but i see it now thanks again

[samisma]

no prob. later i'll organize this a bit more. i'm at work so i can't spend too much time on it at the moment.

[DB_Cooper]

This 3-4 AM stuff may have an impact on my plans.

[Marcster]

Thanks samisma -- I appreciate the list you put together.

I'll make this the official thread.

[nchick80]

I know that Home Depot opens up @ 5 am on Friday

[nirvana4all]

did not see office depot

[Marcster]

did not see office depot

Hang on. Wait till we have the ad, then we'll all know.

Last year they opened at 6am, but this year is anyone's guess.

[samisma]

did not see office depot

this is harder for me to confirm as there isn't one in my area. still waiting to hear back on a few of my emails though!

[samisma]

ok, a few more stores are confirmed. talked to employees at locations. one thing i learned - Children's Place is apparently going to vary region to region as is Hot Topic. They will open at whatever time your local mall opens. CP manager told me that if there is a crowd waiting outside their store they will open early though. ok. now i'm going to go add Home Depot to the list. although i thought they opened earlier.

[lesliepear]

If your plans involve the Paramus, NJ stores/malls, they have a law that they can not open before 7AM! Just an FYI!

[H_Hancock]

If CompUSA is following what they've done the last two years, they open at midnight for an hour or two for a "special early sale", then close and reopen for the normal BF sale at 5AM. Last year the employees were just sooooo happy to be coming in at 11PM to have to stay until noon when the next shift of employees were going to relieve them. Made a long night/day for the first set.

[arci122]

Thank You for sharing your list. KB's opens at 5am Lowe's seems to be keeping theirs a secret.

[samisma]

I further separated the lists. Also added a list of malls and their opening times. At some point today I will be splitting it further down by opening time so that you can come up with a good plan of attack.

[samisma]

If your plans involve the Paramus, NJ stores/malls, they have a law that they can not open before 7AM!

Just an FYI!

that's just for paramus? i never heard of that. worked in the nj malls for almost 10 years (admittedly it was south jersey)

[Heather_0617]

I just called the Disney Store near me in New Jersey and they said they open at 5am.

[samisma]

hmm. maybe it varies by region mall? i'll put an asterick next to that one. the malls i talked to were arrowhead, paradise valley (az for both) as well as deptford & cherry hill. i will call cherry hill & deptford again on my lunch break.

[princess01]

The Gettysburg Village Outlets in Gettysburg, PA are open on BF from 8am to 9pm. They are currently going through a buy out/name change. I think it has changed to The Shoppes at Gettysburg or something along those lines. It's still coming up as the Gburg Village online. Oh, and they are closed on Thanksgiving.

[Heather_0617]

hmm. maybe it varies by region mall? i'll put an asterick next to that one.

the malls i talked to were arrowhead, paradise valley (az for both) as well as deptford & cherry hill. i will call cherry hill & deptford again on my lunch break.

I called Cherry Hill too, maybe the girl was wrong, but she sounded it certain. Hmmm - let us know.

[samisma]

The Gettysburg Village Outlets in Gettysburg, PA are open on BF from 8am to 9pm. They are currently going through a buy out/name change. I think it has changed to The Shoppes at Gettysburg or something along those lines. It's still coming up as the Gburg Village online. Oh, and they are closed on Thanksgiving.

Thank you I'll go ahead and add them now.

I called Cherry Hill too, maybe the girl was wrong, but she sounded it certain. Hmmm - let us know.

I really want to call them now, but my calls get recorded here at work. I need to call Christiana Mall on my lunchbreak too. They'd be worth travelling to if you're in south jersey as they're tax-free.

[cwife]

Tanger outlets in Myrtle beach sc opens at midnight:) They have the hours on their website:)

[samisma]

Tanger outlets in Myrtle beach sc opens at midnight:) They have the hours on their website:)

I think they've multiple locations. So I'll post them up but won't make it state specific. Thanks! I looked at their site - some good stores there.