Best Places To Shop On Black Friday In Pennsylvania

The notorious consumer holiday Black Friday is right around the corner. The special day of sales falls on Nov. 29 in 2019, with stores in Pennsylvania offering a variety of great deals and discounts.

To help prepare shoppers for the craze, the personal finance website WalletHub recently released its 2019 iteration of "Best Places to Shop on Black Friday."

Here are the retailers which have locations in Pennsylvania with the highest average discount on everything in the store. Click on the link to find the store closest to you.

1. Stage (Peebles): 69.8 percent
2. JCPenney: 61.0 percent
3. Kohl’s: 57.1 percent
4. Dick's Sporting Goods: 52.3 percent
5. Kmart: 51.8 percent
6. Sears: 49.2 percent
7. Macy's: 46.1 percent
8. BJ's: 39.3 percent
9. Nordstrom: 36.9 percent
10. Office Depot and OfficeMax: 36.6 percent

The department store Stage finished with the highest overall average discount on its entire inventory. But JCPenney took the top spot in the best average discount for products related to computers and phones, packaged goods, and toys.

Some other highlights from the report:

Walmart has the highest average discount on all books, movies and music products, at 73.18 percent, with a total discount of 34.3 percent, falling outside of the top 10 for Pennsylvania.

To determine the retailers offering the best money-saving bargains this Black Friday, WalletHub analyzed nearly 8,000 deals in the 2019 Black Friday ads from 29 of the biggest U.S. retailers.

The deals were then sorted into 11 different product categories, such as apparel and accessories, consumer electronics, and video games.

With all the fantastic discounts available on Black Friday, it’s still important to have a financial plan.

"Customers should set a budget on spending on Black Friday and other holidays, like Christmas, " Larry Connaster, a family financial management specialist at Virginia State University, noted in the report. "Your budget should have a line item for ‘holiday saving’ so that you can save for gifts and special spending on holidays.”

Discounts from other retailers in Pennsylvania this Black Friday:

• Staples: 34.7 percent
• Walmart: 34.3 percent
• Target: 34.3 percent
• Best Buy: 29.5 percent
• Big Lots: 27.9 percent
• Amazon: 25.4 percent
• Costco: 21.3 percent
• True Value: 20.8 percent
• Ace Hardware: 11.8 percent

The full Black Friday report is available on WalletHub.