Best Black Friday deals - ranked: Where can you get best deals on electronics, toys and more?

Looking for bargains on Black Friday? Hoping to load up on something other than turkey on Thanksgiving? Here's where you need to shop. lgore@al.com

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Stores with best Black Friday deals

If you're going to brave the madness of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, you want to make sure you're getting the best deals. Wallethub recently looked at 10,000 deals from 35 of the biggest U.S. retailers' 2017 Black Friday ad scans and then broken it down so you can know the places to go this shopping season. First, we will look at the 10 chains with a local presence that are offering the greatest discounts on Black Friday sales. Then we will look at the best retailers for discounts in individual categories such as apparel or electronics.

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Ben Flanagan | bflanagan@al.com

Best stores for Black Friday based on 2017 average discount by retailer:

Here are the top 10 retailers for discounts on Thanksgiving/Black Friday

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10. Walmart

34.2 percent average discount

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9. Office Depot & Office Max

34.5 percent average discount

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

8. Dick's Sporting Goods

35.1 percent average discount

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

7. Target

36.2 percent average discount

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6. Amazon

36.8 percent average discount

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

5. Macy's

45.6 percent average discount

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4. Sears

50.1 percent average discount

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

3. Belk

62.8 percent average discount

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

2. JC Penney

66.3 percent average discount

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Rick Romell Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

1. Kohl's

66.3 percent average discount

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Where to get the best deals on apparel? Electronics?

Here are the best deals for individual categories, based on stores in the local market:

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

Apparel

JC Penney – 60.55 percent

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

Computers and phones

JC Penney – 43.07 percent

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Jon Solomon

Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics

Belk – 54.56 percent

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

Consumer packaged goods

JC Penney – 61.6 percent

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Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com

Toys

Belk – 53.25 percent

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

Appliances

Belk – 46.9 percent

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

Furniture

Kohl’s  - 52.56 percent

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Kelsey Freeman

Jewelry

Kohls – 77.39 percent

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Tara Massouleh | tmassouleh@al.com

Books, movies and music

Walmart – 69.86 percent

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Video games

Walmart – 48.75 percent

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Rick Romell Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

All other product categories

Kohl’s – 68.35 percent

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Leada Gore | lgore@al.com

Biggest Black Friday discounts

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