The best places to shop on Black Friday 2021

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Retail experts say the best thing for holiday shoppers is to start buying early before items are out-of-stock.

Now that Black Friday is here, it's the perfect time to plan where you’ll be shopping.

Last week, WalletHub published a report that found which retailers have the best deals for the shopping holiday.

For its report, WalletHub analyzed almost 5,000 deals from the Black Friday ad scans of 21 of the largest retailers in the U.S.

Shoppers line up at outlet store on Black Friday during pandemic

Black Friday shoppers line up outside the Michael Kors store at the Tanger outlet in Riverhead, New York at 6 a.m. on November 27, 2020. (Photo by John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Those retailers included Academy Sports + Outdoors, Ace Hardware, Costco, Target, Sam’s Club, Overstock.com, Big Lots and Amazon -- though Amazon did not provide WalletHub "all the requested info for all their Black Friday deals," WalletHub said.

WalletHub also separated the deals into nine product categories and found which retailers had the best deals within each of those categories.

According to WalletHub’s findings, Macy’s dominated in four categories: Computers & phones, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods and toys. Meanwhile, Belk was found to have the best discounts for appliances, jewelry and all other product categories.

WalletHub also found that JCPenny had the best discounts in apparel & accessories, while Office Depot and OfficeMax had the best discounts in furniture.

To see the overall list, here are the best places to shop on Black Friday, according to WalletHub.