Black Friday shopping craze and anticipation starts right after or even before Halloween. As soon as we pack our costumes away, some of us begin planning our Thanksgiving dinner while others start making plans and route maps to scoop up all those Black Friday deals.

If you harbor deep love for Macy's every day, it is probably your main destination on Black Friday and deservingly so. Macy's always has great deals happening, but some are less great than others, so you need to be careful.

The best way to predict what Black Friday will look like is to look at last year's hits on that day and also look at competitor offerings from the previous year. Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon are pretty similar with offers and go step to step for our business, but recently Target has really been inching forward with offers and overall customer experience. Let's look at the expectations for this year and think about our buying strategies.

You might not have thought a lot about Thanksgiving yet, but there are people and retailers that are getting ready not only for that, but for all the sales afterwards, during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Black Friday is over a month away, but you can hear it coming. The hype, the anticipation, the predictions! We might love it or hate it, but the low prices are undeniable, so be ready to hit the stores in person or on your computer if you care about savings at all.

Furniture is necessary, it's not cheap, and if you buy something of very low quality trying to save money, you won't be able to ignore it or forget about it. It's kind of like a need and also a want because let's face it: we all want our houses to look nice and not just be crammed with ugly things to sit on.

Walmart is all about the bottom dollar prices, so nothing less is expected from the retailer around Black Friday and holiday shopping. Rolling out Black Friday deals in October doesn't surprise anybody anymore these days.

Walmart is starting early with this year's holiday shopping and services. Holiday purchase Layaway program has been announced on August 30 and it will be available until December 9th.

We all love Walmart and Target, but it's designers like Michael Kors whose discounts we get really excited about. Luckily they participate in Black Friday too and offer deep discounts for stuff we absolutely love and dream about all year long!

Last Year Black Friday at Walmart was so good, that their website crashed, so we are anxiously waiting for this year's deals and it seems they will be out of this world.

Bed Bath & Beyond is celebrating Thanksgiving and Black Friday with a bang this year. First of all, it will be the first time for the store to open on Thanksgiving Day and also the very first time for 25% off entire in-store purchase coupon for everybody on Thursday Black Friday.

Macy's Black Friday ad for 2018 has finally made its appearance. It includes quite a few door buster items that will be free after mail-in rebates - small kitchen appliances, clothing, accessories, and furniture. It also features great discounts and prices for various merchandise and apparel.

Target wins in TV deals. It has 20 amazing offers and specials, while Walmart has only 7. A couple of deals are better at Walmart, but we are talking about quantity here.

There is still quite a bit of time before Black Friday and all that shopping heaven, but people are gearing for it earlier and earlier every year. This time Black Friday is November 29, a little over 3 months away, but it's never too late to come up with a plan, especially when some retailers, like Walmart are already preparing their deals and discounts and are letting you in on that.

Kohl's Black Friday deals were leaked on November 1st with an impressive 64-page ad. Shoppers celebrated the upcoming offers until they saw what Target has to offer just a few hours later. Target came out with a 47-page booklet and threatened Kohl's with some serious competition. Let's take a look which deals will we enjoy more on Black Friday:

Sephora Black Friday ad is not out yet, but there are some trends that repeat from year to year, so we can make some predictions of what's to come in 2019. Even with the lack of the ad, Sephora released its official Black Friday Sneak Peek via the app.

While we all know that Black Friday deals are as good as you can make them, not everybody knows how that deal-making is best done. There are mistakes made and time wasted, so let's learn from all those mistakes and get ready to seriously save in November! What should you do on and before Black Friday?

Black Friday is still far away, but it doesn't hurt to start doing some planning, especially when it comes to upscale beauty retailer Sephora.

Lowe's doesn't waste time on Black Friday anymore and goes straight to Black November. This means that great deals will be aplenty all month long and you will reap enough savings even with the store closed on Thanksgiving Day itself.