Black Friday shoppers: On your marks, get set, go!

Navajo Times staff report

WINDOW ROCK, Nov. 27, 2013

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Shoppers swamp a Macy's department store at the start of Christmas shopping season.




Black Friday, the after-Thanksgiving event that marks the start of the Christmas shopping season, gets off to a rocket-like start this year, with businesses on the Navajo Nation and surrounding areas opening earlier than ever.

Here is a list of area shopping malls and local businesses and their addresses and the times they're scheduled to be open:

Navajo Arts & Crafts Enterprise
Window Rock, Ariz.: 928-871-4090
Cameron, Ariz.: 928-679-2244
Chinle, Ariz.: 928-328-8116
Kayenta, Ariz.: 928-328-8120
Shiprock, N.M.: 505-488-0101
All stores open at 9 a.m. on Friday.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc.
2401 12th Street NW
Albuquerque, N.M.
The Shumakolowa Gift Shop hosts a clearance sale on some of their items that will be marked off at 25 percent. The store opens at 9 a.m., Friday.

Hopi Cultural Center
P.O. Box 67
Second Mesa, Ariz.
The visitor center will be closed until Dec 4, but the hotel (which is open 24 hours a day) and restaurant will be open 7 a.m., Nov 29.

Best Buy stores, nationwide
Open on 6 p.m. Thursday through 10 p.m. Friday.

Walmart stores, nationwide
Begins at 6 p.m., Nov 28 through Friday.

Radio Shack, nationwide
Open Friday at 8 a.m.

Animas Valley Mall
4601 East Main Street
Farmington, New Mexico
(505) 326-5465
Opens at midnight, Friday, but select stores begin at 8 p.m., Thanksgiving Day.

Rio West Mall
1300 West I-40 Frontage Road
Gallup, N.M.
505-722-7281
Select stores open at various hours but JC Penny's Store, nationwide, opens at 8 p.m., Thanksgiving Day through Friday. Bealls opens doors at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. Radio Shack opens at 6 a.m Friday.

Cottonwood Mall
10,000 Coors Blvd.
Albuquerque, N.M.
505-897-6571
Opens at midnight, Friday

Coronado Mall
6600 Menual Blvd NE #1
Albuquerque, N.M.
505-881-2700
Opens at midnight, Friday

ABQ Uptown
2200 Louisiana Blvd NE
Albuquerque, N.M.
505-792-1929
Opens at 8 a.m., Friday

Flagstaff Mall
4650 U.S. 89
Flagstaff, Ariz.
928-526-4827
Opens at midnight, Friday

Paradise Valley Mall
4568 E. Cactus Rd
Phoenix, Arizona
602-996-8840
Opens at midnight, Friday

Metro Center Mall
9617 N. Metro Parkway West
Phoenix, Ariz.
602-997-8991
Opens at 8 am, Friday

Biltmore Fashion Park
2502 E Camelback Rd
Phoenix, Ariz.
(602) 955-8400
Opens at 8 am, Friday

Arizona Mills
5000 S. Arizona Mills Circle
Tempe, Ariz.
Opens at midnight, Friday

Scottsdale Fashion Square
7014 East Camelback
Scottsdale, Ariz.
(480) 941-2140
Open at midnight, Friday

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