Thanksgiving could be the best day to shop all year. An analysis of sales data and store circulars by two research firms contradicts conventional wisdom that Black Friday is when shoppers can get the most and biggest sales of the year. Turns out, shoppers will find more discounted items in stores that are open on Thanksgiving. For example, there are a total of 86 laptops and tablets deeply discounted as door buster deals at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and others on the holiday compared with just nine on Black Friday, according to an analysis of promotions for The Associated Press by researcher MarketTrack.
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New research contradicts conventional wisdom that Black Friday is when shoppers can get the most and biggest sales of the year
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For example, there are 86 laptops and tablets deeply discounted in-store at Best Buy and Wal-Mart on the holiday compared with nine on Black Friday
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Online prices are expected to be about 24per cent cheaper compared with 23per cent on Black Friday and 20per cent on Cyber Monday
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