BATON ROUGE, La. (CONSUMER REPORTS) - Remember when Black Friday meant lining up outside your favorite store at midnight? Those days are gone. Now, as Consumer Reports shows, the best deals are often online, and the sales have already started.

Despite rising prices amid tariffs and inflation, predictions are consumers will spend big this holiday season… hitting one trillion dollars for the first time.

Many holiday sales are in full swing, and there’s still plenty of time to get a good deal. Just make sure it’s actually a good deal. If you want to know if something is truly a good deal, check out the product’s price history with tools like CamelCamelCamel, Honey, and Keepa.

Prices can change from day to day, and even throughout the day, so knowing the price history can give you an edge.

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