Best Buy, which holds one of the most anticipated Black Friday sales every year, decided to pre-empt many of the Black Friday websites this year by issuing a "small preview" of its Black Friday deals.
Wal-Mart wants you to forget Black Friday this year. Instead, the store is kicking off some of its hottest "Black Friday" deals on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, beginning at 8 p.m.
For bargain happy shoppers, Black Friday means "doorbuster deals," but for retail workers, Black Friday means irate customers, long lines and pulling a 24-hour shift without sleep.
"Black Friday" may be a thing of the past, that's because retailers are duking it out over who is the first store to open for the big annual holiday sales.