2026 BFCM Retail Guide

Plan a Better Black Friday & Cyber Monday Campaign.

A busy store doesn’t always mean a profitable sale. Get practical ideas for choosing your Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers, reaching shoppers, and preparing your store before the holiday rush.

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Proven Promotions: your 2026 guide to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales that work, from Retail by CRS
About the Guide

Practical Guidance for BFCM Planning.

A focused 20-page resource for retail owners and managers preparing for Black Friday and Cyber Monday across in-store and online channels.

Retail-Focused Planning

Developed around the practical decisions retailers make when preparing for a major promotional period.

Flexible Guidance

Use the ideas as a framework and adapt them to your business, inventory, customers, and goals.

In-Store and Online

Relevant whether customers shop with you in-store, online, or across both.

Focused and Easy to Reference

Twenty concise pages designed to support planning without adding unnecessary complexity.

Designed as a practical reference: use it while preparing your BFCM campaign and return to it as plans take shape.

Retail owner planning a Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotion
Get Ahead of the Rush

Turn the BFCM rush into a clearer plan.

BFCM can get complicated fast when the big decisions are being made at the same time. The guide gives you a clearer way to think through the moving pieces before the busiest part of the season arrives.

Not sure where to focus your offer?

Think through what you want the promotion to accomplish before deciding what the offer should look like.

Too many moving pieces to coordinate?

Bring your offer, timing, marketing, and store preparation into one connected planning process.

Worried something gets missed before launch?

Give yourself a final readiness check so important details are less likely to become last-minute surprises.

No one-size-fits-all formula. Just practical ideas, prompts, and checks you can adapt to your retail business.

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Your next step

Get your plan in place before the rush.

Download the free 20-page Proven Promotions guide and keep it handy as you prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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