After spending several weeks in the shadows while the other big retailers duked it out for the early Black Friday announcement spotlight, Amazon finally announced dates for its end-of-November schedule on Nov. 13: Amazon's Black Friday event will start on Thursday, Nov. 21, and run through (Cyber) Monday, Dec. 2, with new deals dropping every day.

The retailer already has loads of discounts on high-tech gadgets, audio gear, and TVs, just in time for the holidays

It’s mid-November now, and that means Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner. I have vivid memories of my mom going out on Thanksgiving night after dinner so she could be at the local Walmart,