With a number of retailers having announced their exclusive door-buster holiday deals for customers, analysts opine that interested buyers should reach the stores early enough to grab the offers, since most of the stocks clears out by mid-day!

The 'early birds,' looking for great deals for the forthcoming Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday, can learn about the deals in advance from websites like blackfriday. info and blackfriday. org, which give an unofficial intimation about the best-available offers before the newspaper circulars officially do.

Noting that most companies are promising Black Friday deals all through the week, Best Buy sales manager Mitch Davis said: "We actually started pricing early so we're seeing a lot of folks getting through the door to get holiday shopping early." Davis added that with the promotions being "hot," this a "great time of year to shop."

About the notable discounts being offered, Frank Luby, a retail-pricing expert at marketing consultants Simon-Kucher & Partners, remarked that the retailers are attempting to create a perception of low prices and deals, without embarking on a full-blown, "no-holds-barred price war."

Having carefully raked through the 'great deals' ads, Action News has listed the most noteworthy Black Friday deals as follows - Wal-Mart's offers of $198 for a laptop, $78 for a Blu-Ray player, and $25 for a printer; Best Buy's $49 offer for a digital camera; and Target's $5 offer for board games.