Best Friday-After-Thanksgiving Sales in Mercedes, Texas

Brand new outlet stores have just opened in Mercedes, TX providing yet another hot spot for Christmas and holiday shopping on Black Friday. These stores are easily seen and accessed from Expressway 83 in Mercedes. The Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets has opened 93 new stores for your shopping convenience although more will open soon. The stores offer 25% to 65% savings everyday. The usual store hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 until 9. Sunday hours are 11 until 7.

The stores according to these classifications are:

Clothing: Ann Klein, Liz Claiborne, Burberry, Eddie Bauer, Gap Outlet, Jockey, Izod, Puma, Lane Bryant, Jones NY, Guess and others.

Shoes: Adidas, Bass, Clarks, Crocs, Shoe Carnival and others.

Jewelry and Accessories: Coach, Zales, Sunglass Hut, Claire's Accessories and others.

Leather and Luggage: Coach, Kipling, Wilson and Samsonite.

Children: Disney Store Outlet, Gymboree, Carter's, Little me.

Housewares and Home Furnishings: Kirklands and Kitchen Connection

Gifts and Specialty Stores: Official Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, Crabtree and Evelyn, Sony, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and others.

There is also a Food Court featuring Subway, Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen, Starbucks and others.

You may want to scout these stores prior to Black Friday. It's a great idea to go to the outlets' website at www.premiumoutlets.com and get a map of the stores and their locations which will help you in planning your shopping spree.

November 24, 2006 is "Black Friday", the official kick-off of the 2006 Christmas holiday shopping season. You can get up very early and try to be first in line to get the best deals and bargains at the early bird specials. The Rio Grande Premium Outlets advertise the following on their website:

After-Thanksgiving Weekend Sale: Nov 24 - 26 featuring Midnight Madness

During this holiday weekend sale event, stores will be offering additional savings off their everyday low outlet prices. Added savings for early shoppers featuring:

Midnight Madness: selected stores will be opening at Midnight - right after Thanksgiving ends. More information to be posted closer to the event.

Black Friday shopping requires a special method in order to get the bargains. For a successful Black Friday shopping spree, you must be prepared. You need to study the ads and decide what is most important to you. Next organize and prioritize and you may just be among the lucky ones who purchase the most wanted item on their holiday lists.

Here are some tips:

Read and study the ads in Thanksgivings newspaper. Compare prices.

Select the stores that offer the items on you list. Pay attention to the early bird times and store hours.

Plan you shopping excursion according to times and stores you want to shop.

Make shopping arrangements with friends. For example, you can purchase her wanted items at the electronic store and she can get the things you want at the toy store.

Shop with a buddy. One can watch the cart while the other maneuvers around the crowed store selecting items.

For those of you who wish to get an even bigger head start, you can go to www.blackfridayads.com and view the ads placed by the stores. Ace Hardware, K-mart, Best Buy taking pre-orders for Playstation, and Office Max are already on line with there Black Friday sales ads.

The Friday after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Following the above tips will help insure that you make the most of your time during this hectic shopping frenzy. And most importantly, with a bit of preparation and strategy, you can snatch the holiday items that are on the top your Christmas shopping list.