If you're looking to get a head start on your holiday shopping, here's what to know about retailers and their hours on Black Friday.

Black Friday in-store shopping is making a comeback this year and even Swifties are fueling the trend. The big picture: Five years after COVID changed the shopping holiday, retailers are returning with in-store deals to entice customers.

Black Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers already have spent weeks flooding their websites and customers’ email inboxes with early Black Friday offers.

Hughes, who works at a health technology company in New York City, recalls waiting in her car at the mall parking lot as a teenager and rushing to jump in line as soon as other people started moving toward the doors. As a high school student with a limited budget, she would take advantage of the doorbuster sales to wrap up her holiday shopping.

Research from retail analysts Circana shows shoppers are three times more likely to make impulse purchases in person than online. " (Stores) are very hungry for Black Friday to do well," said Marshal Cohen, chief retail advisor at Circana.

Looking to start your Christmas shopping early? Here's what to know about Pueblo retailers and their hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Kohl’s will be open with extended shopping hours on Black Friday 2024. The stores will be open on Friday, Nov. 29 from 5 a.m. to midnight, just like they were last year. Shoppers who want to snag deals at the department store can find their nearest location here.

A record 183.4 million people are planning to shop in stores and online between Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday in 2024. Black Friday is on Nov. 28.