This is the day, team. We're going out there for Black Friday shopping and we're hitting the gridiron mercilessly. The following 21 plays are carefully crafted for this veritable Super Bowl of holiday shopping. They are made for triumph.

Facebook is at once a monumental achievement, incredible time-suck and generational buzzword. But with the addition of Facebook credits, the site is evolving further and moving beyond mundane life details to become a one-stop shop for consumers and merchants.

Black Friday -- the storied king of holiday shopping events -- is poised to lose its crown. The majority of consumers will forgo early-morning crowds this year in favor of online shopping, spurred by predictions of season-long discounts.

Deal of the day stores riff off modern man's love of a tantalizing deal and fear of nagging regret. They tap into these conflicting urges by featuring one heavily discounted item at a time, displayed anywhere from a couple minutes to an entire day. Once the deal is pulled, sold out or otherwise snuffed, it's replaced by another item.

Big box stores have the extraordinary ability to make even seasoned shoppers weak in the knees. While bulk buying is a major draw for warehouse clubs, the perks of being a cardholder go beyond feeding an army. On a near-daily basis, many non-bulk items can often be found for much less than at supermarkets and retail chains.

It's taken college coupons and coupon book vendors quite some time to catch up with their tech-savvy, green-minded target audience. Finally, a handful now have websites to boost business for local campus favorites across the country.

Just when you think it's smooth sailing through your college years, you learn about these things called expenses. Mom and Dad have paid for them until now, and may still dish out for them while you're a student. Things like gas, clothing, rent, food, and luxuries (or those things you formerly bought with your allowance) now suck up every available buck.

A recent report shows women of all ages are shaping the Internet by spending more money than men while online shopping. Marketers have taken notice and now cater directly to women with innovative blends of commerce and social media.

It's no secret students are turning to alternative methods for cheap college textbooks. But how many upperclassmen teach Cheap Textbooks 101 to incoming freshmen? Here are 14 really good tips to help you save.

Groupon is the big daddy of the daily deal sites, serving more than 140 markets around the world. But yesterday, second-place competitor LivingSocial sounded the battle call by announcing it was adding 25 new markets to its roster.