The company also said it will offer more deals across the holiday season. Instead, the majority of its Black Friday deals will be available on Walmart.com beginning at 12:01 a.m. PST on Thanksgiving morning.
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Mega chains like Macy’s, Sears and Toys R Us plan to open their double-doors during Thanksgiving dinner, something they started doing a year ago.
“We’re agnostic about [where people shop], and so we should be”.
“And they typically do it in the form of gift cards”, James said.
But if you’re one of those shoppers who prefers to let their fingers do the walking, there’s a few good news: Walmart execs say that about 96 percent of its Black Friday deals will be available in stores and online.
That has not stopped many from pushing back. There’s also free shipping for items ordered online but picked up in the store. This year, the company has announced it will pay employees on Black Friday not to work with customers, but to get outside to play.
Online, however, only 15 percent said they would remain loyal.
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A $80 Best Buy gift card and a free 64-gigabyte memory card with the purchase of GoPro Hero4 Silver action camera.
Michael Bender, Wal-Mart’s chief operating officer of global e-commerce, reiterated that decision on Wednesday, saying consumers have been responding well to its new mobile check-in capability and rebranded pick-up locations. “That validated that our customers wanted to come in and shop on Thanksgiving Day and not necessarily wait until Black Friday”, said Gains.As for the actual holiday itself, the store will open at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day.
Greg Foran, head of Wal-Mart’s US operations, said he was comfortable with the retailer’s inventory levels.
As with shopping at any given time, the best rule is still the simplest, and that is to go what one would fancy, though it is still good to first look around and compare prices before making that fast impulse buy. Shoppers will also be able to scan products in store and add them to their wish lists using the Walmart app.
Best Buy announced it would be open from 5 p.m.to 1 a.m. on Thursday and would open again at 8 a.m. on Black Friday. Satisfying the needs of deal hunters by keeping enough stock on all the popular products including toys and TVs is the company’s big play.
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