Black Friday Discounts
First there was Black Friday, then as e-commerce reached popularity in 2005, Cyber Monday was created. Now there is a new shopping holiday: a grassroots movement known as "Small Business Saturday" sponsored by American Express to help flailing local merchants and businesses. Reuters

With Black Friday arriving in just a few weeks, most people are busy exploring the most excellent deals, heavy discounts and attractive offers on the Web and flocking to various shopping marts to buy everything that was pending for the entire year.

Streets are flooded with people of all ages, and shops and stores open even before the sunrise. The country wakes up at midnight to go and grab the utilities and even luxuries at staggeringly discounted prices and best offers.

Even the online shopping Web sites are way ahead in the best price race, by offering the finest deals, free shipping and other attractive offers to its customers online. The early bird and Super Saturday offers add even more excitement to the biggest shopping day of the year.

A famous Black Friday Web site that helps people find the greatest deals has recently posted the “leaked” ads of major brands and shopping outlets for the forthcoming shopping season, beginning a day after “Thanksgiving,” on the fourth Thursday of November. This year Black Friday falls on Nov. 25.

Products ranging from electronics, clothing, household items, luxury products, toys, grocery, cosmetics and many others are made available at discounted prices and striking offers.

Walmart, which runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores in America, has announced “Super Saturday” offers apart from the Friday deals. It includes everything from Apple iPod Touch, Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera, Flash MP3 video player, AOC Widescreen Screen Monitor, DVD player, Canon DSLR camera, Stereo system with iPhone/ iPod Dock, HP, Dell, LG and Toshiba laptops and a huge range of products.

There are major discounts on 42-inch Sanyo LCD TV that is marked down to $398; a color Nook e-book reader for just $199; an Xbox 360 250GB console for $399, plus a $50 gift card; a 10-cup coffee maker for $39, a Transformers Ultimate Optimus Prime for $59.88, and a Playskool Elmo for $54.88.

Other striking deals on offer are from prominent stores and brands like Sears, Kohl, Cabela, Express, JCPenney, Costco, Bass Pro, Hastings, Modell, Lowe and many more. One can find best deals and discounts on all products from clothing, apparel for all, men, women and children.

Computer-related accessories, tools, hardware, outdoor stuff, furniture, automotive, food & drinks, jewellery, laptops and books are also available at astoundingly low prices.

Check out the best of Black Friday deals being offered by some prominent brands and stores on Gottadeat.com before you plan your list for the biggest shopping day of the year.