NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Many retailers are preempting the Black Friday 2009 deals that traditionally arrive over Thanksgiving weekend and are desperately rolling out their Christmas specials in advance.
Even before Halloween, I started seeing Christmas decorations and prices appearing in stores. Sears (SHLD Quote) may well have been the first when it launched into its "Black Friday Now" campaign that started in October.
The Internet is now abuzz with blog reports about early Black Friday deals being offered by Best Buy(BBY Quote), Wal-Mart(WMT Quote), CVS(CVS Quote) and others. Target(TGT Quote) even created a Black Friday preview page on its Web site.
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