n this Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, early bird 'Black Friday' shoppers cram the aisles at a Target store in Aurora, Ohio. The National Retail Federation, usually bullish about holiday sales, predicts a 1 percent decline in total sales to $437.6 billion for November and December of 2009 combined.
Sears is having a kickoff event for the shopping holiday on Friday, Oct. 30.
According to the Associated Press:
The department store says it will offer what it calls "Black Friday doorbuster" deals beginning this Friday, nearly a month before the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving sales. Sears says the offers will rotate each week and be available 7 a.m.- noon each Saturday. However, it's kicking off the effort with a special markdown this Friday.
Sears isn't the only one slashing prices, says the Washington Post:
Retailers have been champing at the bit to go after Christmas sales this year. Price warfare has already erupted for sales of books and toys. Wal-Mart began slashing prices on holiday staples and gifts last week, discounting a popular skateboard-cum-snowboard called the RipStick by 27 percent, to $49. Toys R Us unveiled its plan to open 80 temporary stores across the country back in September
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