UPDATE: Nov. 7, 2023, 12:00 p.m. EST Target’s Black Friday sale, which contains its biggest savings of the season, kicked off Oct. 29 and will span four weeks leading up to Black Friday. This story has been updated with the deals that are live so far.
AirPods Pro (2nd generation with USB-C charging)
(save $50)
Philips 50-inch QLED Roku TV
(Special Purchase pricing plus save $20)
HP 14-inch Chromebook (4GB RAM, 64GB SSD)
(save $140)
Games, puzzles, books, and activities
Dyson V8 Origin
(save $180 plus get a free $25 Target gift card)
It’s news to no one that the “Black Friday” — singular day — nomenclature isn’t even close to an accurate depiction of how long Black Friday season actually spans.
Take Target, for example: It officially began releasing early Black Friday deals on Oct. 29, with new ones materializing in the following four weeks leading up to Thanksgiving weekend. All of this is part of what Target says are its best savings of the year. Best Buy is similarly ahead of the game and Walmart is right on their heels.
If it feels like you were just reading about all of these deals Target was dropping, you were — Target Circle Week was just a few weeks ago. While the product categories seeing price slashes for Circle Week and Black Friday (TVs, video games, headphones, kitchen and cleaning appliances) are similar, you don’t need to be a Target Circle member to access a majority of Target’s early Black Friday deals as you did with Circle Week deals.
Target is switching up its sales on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis, so we’re keeping tabs on the best early Black Friday deals at Target as they show up:
Early Black Friday Apple deals
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Why we like it
The second generation of AirPods Pro seals your audio in with up to two times more active noise cancellation than the previous pair — a silence that you’ll appreciate when enjoying the crisp three-dimensional sound produced by Apple’s H2 chip.
Opting for the AirPods Pro with USB-C charging (these ones) will cost you about $10 extra than the lightning cable Pros, but they’ll save you the future headache of using a different charger for your AirPods when all of your other Apple devices require USB-C.
More early Black Friday Apple deals
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Apple AirPods (3rd generation) with Lightning Charging Case — $149.99
$169(save $19.01)
Early Black Friday tech deals
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Why we like it
A 50-inch 4K TV in the $259.99 realm is already a pretty dang good deal, let alone a QLED model. This Philips model is labeled as a special purchase, which means this is an item that may not be on Target’s website year-round and was listed at an already-low price just for the early Black Friday event. So while the 7% discount is hardly a Black Friday-level chunk off, the price is stellar to begin with.
QLED TVs feature quantum dots, which produce a much wider, brighter array of colors than non-QLED models, making colors noticably more vibrant. Because of their brightness, QLED TVs are particularly great for watching TV (especially sports) in the daylight. This particular Philips model is Dolby Vision compatible and has the Roku platform built in.
More early Black Friday tech deals
TVs and sound bars
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Samsung 3.1 channel 400W soundbar — $229.99
$299.99(save $70) -
TCL 50-inch S4 4K TV — $229.99
$279.99(save $50) -
LG 65-inch C3 OLED TV — $1,599.99
$1,999.99(save $400)
Laptops
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HP 14-inch Chromebook (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD) — $179.99
$319.99(save $140) -
Asus 15.6-inch laptop (Intel Pentium N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD) — $199.99
$269.99(save $70) -
Acer 15.6-inch Aspire 3 (Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $249.99
$449.99(save $200)
Gaming
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HyperX QuadCast USB condenser gaming microphone — $99.99
$139.99(save $40) -
HP Omen 27-inch QHD curved gaming monitor — $349.99
$449.99(save $100)
Headphones
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JBL Tune 510BT — $24.99
$49.99(save $25) -
Beats Solo3 — $99.99
$199.99(save $100) -
Beats Powerbeats Pro — $179.99
$249.99(save $70) -
Beats Studio Pro — $299.99
$349.99(save $50)
Early Black Friday toy deals
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Why we like it
Cross gifts for several kiddos off of your list with Target’s BOGO (buy two, get one free, actually) offer on all types of activities for kids of all ages. Shop Play-Doh and sensory slime, video games, books, card and board games, ceramic painting kits and paint brushes, and so many more options that span 50 pages total.
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More miscellaneous deals
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Buy three select skin and hair products, get a $5 Target gift card
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Fujifilm Instax Wide Link smartphone printer — $99.99
$149.99(save $50)
Early Black Friday home and kitchen deals
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Why we like it
Your cheapest path to a cordless Dyson is the V8. And an early Black Friday deal makes it particularly cheap at Target, where the V8 Origin is on sale for $249.99 with a free $25 Target gift card tacked onto the purchase — beating Walmart’s $249.99-but-no-gift-card deal on the same vacuum. FWIW, the cheapest V8 currently offered at Dyson’s website is on sale for $299.99.
Even as Dyson’s mildest cleaner, the V8 is still a powerhouse, especially on bare floors. It creates 115 Air Watts of suction power compared to the now-discontinued V7 and can clean for up to 40 minutes on one charge.
More early Black Friday home and kitchen deals
Small appliances and kitchen accessories
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Gourmia Digitial 4-slice toaster oven air fryer — $39.99
$59.99(save $20) -
Keurig K-Iced Plus — $89.99
$129.99(save $40) -
Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ — $99.99
$129.99(save $30) -
Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Pro (8.5-quart) — $99.99
$149.99(save $50) -
Ember Mug 2 — $109.99
$149.99(save $40)
Vacuums
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Shark Pet IX141H cordless stick vacuum — $199.99
$259.99(save $60) -
Shark Detect Pro cordless stick vacuum — $299.99
$379.99(save $80) -
Dyson V11 — $399.99
$569.99(save $170)
