[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-black-friday-and-cyber-monday-have-merged-into-one-long-sale":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},13067,"black-friday-and-cyber-monday-have-merged-into-one-long-sale","Black Friday and Cyber Monday Have Merged Into One Long Sale","Retailers started early sales in early November, so the day matters less than the product, with TVs and laptops the main exceptions.","Black Friday and Cyber Monday no longer work as separate events, and the useful question in 2026 is what you are buying, not which day you buy it.\n\nBlack Friday falls on November 27 this year and Cyber Monday on November 30. Neither is much of a starting gun. Target's early Black Friday sale began November 5, Best Buy's followed on November 6, and Amazon's Black Friday sale starts November 19. Retailers are also labeling deals \"Cyber Monday\" as early as Saturday, November 28.\n\nThe split made sense once. The National Retail Federation coined \"Cyber Monday\" in 2005 after noticing a flood of online orders on the Monday after Thanksgiving. The group's explanation was that people used faster work internet connections to shop. That premise expired long ago, and the 2020 shift of store sales online blurred what was left.\n\nSome habits survive. The shopping outlet that published the analysis said TV deals tend to be more dramatic on Black Friday and can sell out before Monday. Laptops, it said, are worth a second look on Cyber Monday in case a better offer appears. It also claimed that Black Friday week discounts can beat Amazon's October Prime Day prices, though that is its own judgment, not a measured comparison.\n\nThe practical advice is dull but sound: decide on the specs first. A cited line from BlackFriday.com warns that some flashy TV discounts land on models without the features you want. A sale label tells you little about the product behind it.\n\nThere is a commercial logic to the sprawl. Stretching one weekend across a month gives retailers more chances to capture a purchase, and it leaves shoppers unsure whether waiting will pay off. The source offers no data on how often prices actually drop further after an early deal, which is the number that would settle the question.","[\"black-friday\",\"cyber-monday\",\"shopping\"]","2026-11-13T15:59:20.000Z","2026-11-14T01:35:32.206Z","2026-11-14T01:36:24.780Z","published",null,[],"deals",[26,27,28],"black-friday","cyber-monday","shopping",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Farticle\u002Fblack-friday-vs-cyber-monday-deals",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,46,50,55,60,64,69,74,79,84,88,93,98],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",7159,"2026-11-13T23:00:00.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security","security",1138,"2026-11-13T19:26:07.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":24,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Deals",666,"2026-11-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Policy","policy",625,"2026-11-13T22:46:47.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",377,"2026-11-13T21:00:00.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",341,{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Science","science",233,"2026-11-13T14:29:15.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Software","software",177,"2026-11-14T08:54:55.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Startups","startups",162,"2026-11-13T17:32:35.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":82,"latest_published_at":87},"General","general","2026-11-14T07:26:44.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Gaming","gaming",111,"2026-11-14T08:00:00.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]