Can Walmart restore sanity to Black Friday?

“We expect consumers will tackle their holiday shopping lists with a healthy dose of optimism, tempered by a hint of caution as they look for ways to find the ideal, practical gift”.

Give it to me all at one time, ‘ ” said Steve Bratspies, Wal-Mart U.S.’s chief merchandising officer.

Wal-Mart Stores is pulling back on the Black Friday frenzy this year. Figure out which items you want and organize them by priority since you most likely won’t be lucky enough to snag them all. Walmart will also be joining the other retailers in offering the new Roku SE entry-level media streamer for only $25, half of the usual $50 suggested retail pricing.

Walmart says it focused its offerings on the items it knows shoppers are looking for during its Black Friday events based on customer feedback and sales data. No more doorbusters but have no fear, enough stocks of popular items will be available for both online and store shoppers.

The move to ease off of Black Friday is a decidedly mixed one for brick-and-mortar retailers, though. REI said it will pay its 12,000 full and part-time employees not to work on Black Friday, and urged customers to spend the day outside instead.

Here are the latest Black Friday ads to be released, along with Thanksgiving/Black Friday hours and other deals that are available early or online.

After five years of earlier and earlier openings on Thanksgiving, many big retailers are saying they will open the same time as last year, while others that were open previously – including H&M and Staples – announced plans to be closed.

The two-month November and December shopping period is a crucial time for retailers because it accounts on average for 20 per cent of the retail industry’s annual sales.

So, what are the best deals that will be offered by Walmart for the Black Friday 2015? Its holiday shopping deals are available on its website. Walmart has announced that its Walmart Black Friday 2015 sale will begin on Thanksgiving Day at 6pm in stores.

Black Friday is the Friday that follows Thanksgiving Day in the US.

Stores are also making it easier for shoppers to use their apps, to share what they’re buying with friends.

Wal-Mart will kick-off its Black Friday promotions early Thanksgiving morning online and Thanksgiving day at 6 p.m.in its stores. If we do hit the stores, it will be Thanksgiving evening like we did the past few years.