Woburn Mall Black Friday Hours: 2016 Holiday Schedule

WOBURN, MA — Black Friday is synonymous with the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. While many are still scrambling to formulate their thanksgiving meal plans and prepare for the annual feast, shoppers are looking forward to the madness that is the top retail sales day of the year.

The Woburn Mall announced on its Facebook page Monday that the mall will be open beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25 beginning at 9 a.m. If you wish to wait and avoid the rush, the mall will also be open at 9 a.m. on Nov. 26 and 10 a.m. on Nov. 27. The mall will be open until 10 p.m. on both Nov. 25 and 26, and it will close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 27.

If you want take advantage of midnight shopping this year, the Burlington Mall will be open beginning at 12:01 a.m.

You can view the Woburn Mall's complete holiday schedule, including December hours below.

Under Massachusetts' Blue Laws, Thanksgiving Day is regarded as a "restricted" holiday. This means that most retail businesses may not operate on Thanksgiving Day, aside from a few exceptions. If you absolutely cannot wait until Black Friday, Nov. 25, to kick off your shopping season, you can make your way to Connecticut or New Hampshire where Thanksgiving Day retail is allowed.

While many big box retailers value Black Friday as their biggest sales day of the year, REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) will be closed on Black Friday, as well as on Thanksgiving. The chain has stores in Reading, Boston, Framingham and Hingham.

Black Friday has traditionally been one of the 5.5 million member consumer cooperative’s 10 busiest days and the chain will no doubt take a fourth-quarter sales hit, but “we think that Black Friday has gotten out of hand,” CEO Jerry Stritzke told CNN Money last month.

Other national chains that will continue the holiday shopping binge with early doorbuster specials on Black Friday are: Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Kohl’s, Sears, Macy’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Most retailers have yet to confirm their hours for the weekend, so check each company's website or visit a site like BlackFriday.com for hours and deals.

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