Here are the Black Friday store hours for some prominent national chains. Best Buy stores will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Most Dick’s Sporting Goods stores will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Home Depot stores will open at 6 a.m. and close at the store’s regular hours. Specific closing hours may vary by store.

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.

There are lots of great tech deals at Best Buy, most notably audio products such as Bluetooth speakers and home audio setups. We also found some of our favorite fitness trackers and running watches on sale, including the Garmin Vivoactive, the Fitbit Versa, and the Garmin Forerunner — for up to 40 percent off.