The Black Friday bargain bonanza still reigns as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season even if it’s lost some luster.

Black Friday remains one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but its impact has been diluted by monthlong holiday sales and the convenience of buying online.

A record 183.4 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, up from 182 million last year.

Purchases made in-store or on the retailer's website after Oct. 14 are eligible for a return or exchange with a receipt through Jan. 15. Shoppers who lost their receipt can still return their item and receive a JCPenney Merchandise Return Voucher, good for the item's lowest selling price in the last 45 days.

With the busy holiday shopping season due to begin, here is a list of when some major retailers offering deals will open on Black Friday.

Beyond the usual sales bonanza, this season could be marked by the impact of conversational commerce, shaped by generative AI and changing consumer behavior.

Get your wallets ready folks, Black Friday is here and this year's deals may be some of the best yet. We've been covering these shopping events for a collective 15 years, so we don't say that lightly.

This year, shoppers could score some of the best Black Friday deals by heading to stores like Costco and JCPenney.

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The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week. The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight mall crowds or doorbuster mayhem of recent decades,