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Top five places to shop for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

by Arie Shaver, Reporter

Forever 21

Black Friday:

Yes, Forever 21 is that amazing store where you can find just about all of the insta-famous clothes, which is why for this Black Friday, the deals in the store are must-haves. The store will be offering 50% off over 100 styles in addition to up to 70% off select items. Not only that, but if you download the Forever 21 app you can receive 30% off everything. It’s definitely worth checking out. 

Cyber Monday: 

For Cyber Monday, Forever 21 won’t be going all out like on Black Friday, however, there will be 30% off everything in the store. But don’t forget we still have the clearance rack to go to. 

It’s clear here that Black Friday offers more. With the 50% off over 100 styles, and up to 70% off select items, Black Friday seems like the better choice, right? However, 100 styles could mean different things, and up to 70% off of items usually means that you won’t always receive 70% off of every item. However, we are certain that the 30% off of the entire store means everything. It’s not completely black and white with the Forever 21 sales, so it’s up to you to be a daredevil to either receive better deals on Friday and risk losing the 30% off everything, or to play it safe with Cyber Monday and get 30% off everything in the store, never knowing what deals you could’ve had on Friday.

 

H&M

Black Friday:

Starting Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., we will be receiving 30% off the entire store. It may not seem like a lot, but this opens room for a lot of cheap items and low prices, allowing us to receive a large portion of clothes for less.

Cyber Monday:

The same deal applies to Cyber Monday. On this day, we will also receive 30% off the entire store as the deal goes all the way until Monday. There will be nothing new or different for Cyber Monday, just the same deal as that applied to Black Friday.

As we can see here, there isn’t a better option between the two. However, Black Friday is likely to be more crowded, so I recommend to shop on Cyber Monday. 

 

Dick’s Sporting Goods

Black Friday:

This Black Friday, Dick’s Sporting Goods will be bringing in multiple sales on some teen favorites, so for those who are trying to keep up with the latest trends, pay attention. The store will be hosting a 25% discount off of everything in the store starting at 12:30 a.m. There will also be doorbusters on select Champion, Nike, and Adidas hoodies for $25.98, and select Adidas track pants will be selling for $14.98, for those who don’t own a pair yet. Not only that, but in addition to the 25% discount, there are a plethora of other doorbusters up to 65% off. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Cyber Monday:

Of course, after Black Friday we can’t forget about Cyber Monday. For this day, we may not have 25% off of the whole store, but we do have more select deals that prove to give us a larger discount. The oh so popular Columbia jackets will be $29.98, and Under Armour fleece will be 40% off. Not only that, but for our VSCO girls out there, and those aspiring to be, the adored Hydro Flask will be 25% off. However, this time, the Adidas track pants will be selling for $25.98, a little step down from our sale on Black Friday. But, we also can’t forget about the shoes, which will be up to 40% off in the stores. There will be multiple doorbusters for everything, so feel free to go explore. 

With 25% off of the entire store, Black Friday can easily be named the winner here. The deals and doorbusters are simply better from every discount I’ve named so far, and can be proven to save you more money than those on Cyber Monday. 

 

Hollister

Black Friday:

For Black Friday, Hollister is bringing in a very unique sale, while still keeping its go-to sales for the holidays. For a limited time only, Hollister will be offering 30% off a purchase of four items, 20% off a purchase of three items, and 15% off a purchase of two items, however, these will exclude the jeans. But, the jeans aren’t left hanging. We will still be receiving the casual $25 jeans deal that we can always expect to see during any holiday sale. But in addition to these two sales, we will receive 40% off jackets and coats, perfect for the winter season. 

Cyber Monday:

While there aren’t a great number of deals this Cyber Monday, there is one particular unsurpassed deal that pops up on every Cyber Monday, and puts every other deal that Hollister has given us to shame. Hollister will be giving us 50% off of the entire store including jeans. That means the price of jeans, shirts, and everything else you can find in the store, sliced in half. 

So, in my opinion, with the 50% off discount that proves to be better than any other deal offered, you can save a lot more on Cyber Monday than on Black Friday. The discounts on a select number of items and the $25 jeans just don’t surpass 50% off of all things in the store. 

 

American Eagle 

Black Friday:

While we don’t have a huge number of deals on select things in the store, we do have 40% off of the entire store. For those who are die-hard American Eagle shoppers, you and I both know that you can hardly get a helpful discount in this store. So, when Black Friday comes around and you can receive everything in the store for 40% off, it’s a wise decision to take advantage of that, especially to snag a pair of those amazing jeans. 

Cyber Monday:

For Cyber Monday, we still are able to receive 40% off the entire store, however, something that we will not receive on Black Friday is the 50% off select items, which we will be able to receive on Monday. However, that does not mean that you are getting 90% off select items, you either get the 40% or 50%, so pick your poison and have fun. 

Obviously, we can see that Cyber Monday is the best day to shop here. 40% off in addition to 50% off select items just can’t be surpassed, sorry Black Friday but the clear winner is Cyber Monday.