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Antsy to jump-start the Black Friday shopping bonanza, retailers will be opening doors earlier than ever and will no longer wait for the day after Thanksgiving to serve deal-seeking mobs.

Black Thursday is
the new Black Friday

According to the National Retail Federation, holiday sales are predicted to increase by 4.1 percent, boosting holiday spending to $586.1 billion. Here’s the itinerary of early birds to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Walmart

Walmart takes the scene by storm with three major events starting on Thanksgiving day with family specials at 8 p.m., gadgets at 10 p.m., and TVs, clothing and jewelry at 5 a.m. Black Friday. Boasting 1,190 items on sale, check out their hottest deals below:

• Leappad 1.0 Learning Tablet ($65) and Furby ($45)
• Razor Accelerator 12-Volt Electric Scooter ($79)
• Fisher Price Power Wheels Jeep Wrangler 6-Volt Ride Ons (Hot Wheels and Barbie) ($89 each)
• Xbox 360 4GB + SkyLanders Bundle ($149)
• More than 100 video games at $10, $15 or $25 each
• Fashion dolls such as Barbie, Bratz and Disney Princess ($5 each)
• 48” Air-Powered Hockey Table ($30)
• 14’ trampoline with enclosure and bonus Flash Light Zone ($159)

Sears

Featuring two quakes of door busters, Sears will kick off its first round of deals on Thanksgiving Day at 8 p.m. with an aftershock at 4 a.m. on Black Friday. With a whopping 948 deals, there are savings for the entire family:

• Samsung 40″ 1080p LED HDTV ($430)
• Women’s select boots ($20) and fashion boots ($30)
• Fine jewelry, 60 percent to 75 percent off
• Asus X401A14″ laptop w/Intel Celeron B830, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, Windows 8 (Black) ($220)
• CanonEOS Rebel T3i IS II 18.0 megapixel DSLR camera w/18-55mm Lens and 8GB SD Card ($600)
• Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch ($40)
• Travel Concepts 20″ Carry-On Spinner (assorted colors) ($35)

Kmart

Kmart’s Black Friday ad shows off two sets of bargains; Black Thursday at 8 p.m. and Black Friday at 5 a.m. Premiering 48 pages filled with 1,751 deals, Kmart has a wide variety of sale items in every category. This year, they will be upping the ante by offering free layaway on most Black Friday purchases. Doorbusters include:

• Satellite Boy’s electric scooter (red) ($70)
• Nintendo DSi – handheld game console (blue) ($80)
• Buy one/get one free on all footwear
• Mach Speed 4GB MP3 player (silver) ($10)
• Uniden 3 Handset DECT 6.0 cordless phone w/caller ID ($30)
• Canon PowerShot A2300 digital camera (black) w/free 8GB SD card ($80)
• Huffy Superia 26″ ladies’ and men’s bikes ($69)
• 1-Ct. TW diamond jewelry ($100)
• Essential Home Manor bath towel ($2)
• Essential Home vanity desk w/stool ($110)
• Trim A Home 6′ Blue Mountain Christmas tree ($20)

Target

Target’s teaser for Black Thursday is short, sweet and straight to the point. Not too far behind the bigger fish, their shopping extravaganza starts at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Highlights so far are:

• Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Holiday Bundle w/Kinect sensor, wireless controller, Kinect Adventures and Disneyland ($200)
• Nook Simple Touch eReader ($40)
• Nikon COOLPIX L310 14.1 megapixel ($100)
• Brave (DVD) ($10)
• $10 Target gift card when you spend $50 or more in apparel, accessories and home
• Apex 32″ 1080p LCD HDTV ($147)

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