“We’d like the temperature to cool down a bit in parts of the country, but we are not at a point where we have to do anything”, he said. “Now it is a ‘Black Month of Discounts.’ This year stores are more desperate than ever…you will be astonished with the discounts that will come out”.
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Black Friday is typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and in recent years stores have opened earlier – and opened on Thanksgiving evening – to extend the shopping blitz. View Kohl’s 64-page Black Friday ad. Thus, this year it is going to be the date of November 27, when most of the major stores, including Walmart Stores Inc (NASDAQ:WMT), will be giving out literally unbeatable deals for their customers. View Target’s Black Friday ad.
Meanwhile, Target released its Black Friday ad on Monday with a full list of deals to be had. Instead, it plans to simplify the crazed shopping period by providing almost all of its deals both online and in stores at once.
What you need to know about Walmart Black Friday 2015 doorbusters.
A big switch for a company that historically has used its door busting deals to lure shoppers in-store to buy a discounted item and more. Shoppers grew sick of this practice and with pre Black Friday deals and more shopping taking place online the patience for waiting in line for a chance at savings dropped off.
The deals can be perused on Walmart’s official app – a neat way to force bargain hunters into a download – and start at 6PM on Thanksgiving day. According to USA Today, Walmart will stop doing the hourly deals like they’ve done for the last few years, which included different items becoming available at different times.
Walmart is kicking off its Black Friday deals at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving, no change from previous year.
In an example of its purchasing scale, the retailer said it would have more than 15 million pairs of pajamas and more than 1 million televisions in stock for Black Friday.
Half of about 1,500 shoppers surveyed for Accenture’s Annual Holiday Shopping Survey said they plan to shop on Thanksgiving Day.
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Black Friday creep is peaking. Limited stock items lead to rushes, fights and mobs. The AdMatch is also one where Walmart will match the prices on printed ads of any local competitors selling the same item at a lower price.
