Holiday Shopping: Half-Off Toys at Target Starting Oct. 31

Holiday shopping is slated to start early this year at certain retailers.
Holiday Shopping: Half-Off Toys at Target Starting Oct. 31
Customers walk outside Target's new Harlem store August 18, 2010 in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
10/29/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015
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Customers walk outside Target's new Harlem store August 18, 2010 in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Want to take care of holiday shopping for the kids early? Target, Amazon, Sears, and other retailers are offering deals on products leading up to the holiday season.

Target is offering half-off on select toys starting on Halloween through its online store, the retail giant said on its website on Thursday.

Target shoppers can get 50 percent off brands such as Thomas & Friends and Fisher Price, as well as some Nerf, Disney, and Toy Story products exclusive to Target. Catalogs of the new-and-improved toy selection at Target—with 10 percent more toys—will hit homes on Nov. 7.

The Minneapolis-based store chain is joining a slew of merchants offering pre-Thanksgiving sales, preempting the traditional Black Friday sales day. Target will hold its holiday sale starting Nov. 21 for four days, and has said that they will cut prices on toys, electronics, movies, and more.

Retailer Sears also announced this week that they would be having sales before Black Friday with “Black Friday Now” sales every Friday and Saturday until Thanksgiving.

Amazon.com said they will also be having Friday-only deals starting today with its “Countdown to Black Friday” promotion, with sales on TVs, video games, and other electronics.

This holiday season, stores are becoming more aggressive in marketing sales and deals before the holiday season begins. Almost 64 percent of all online retailers are expecting holiday sales growth of 15 percent or more compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation on shop.org.