WALMART ~ Black Friday changes for 2009

[mom2lucas]

Press Release

The most significant change at Wal-Mart is that the majority of its discount stores (as opposed to its Supercenters) will open Thanksgiving morning at 6 a.m. and stay open through Friday evening. Last year, those stores closed Thanksgiving evening and reopened early Friday morning. By keeping the stores open for 24 hours, Wal-Mart is hoping for a steady flow of shoppers instead of mammoth crowds swelling outside its stores in the wee hours of Friday.

In another new twist this year, shoppers at Wal-Mart will not have to sprint toward a pile of flat-screen televisions and scuffle with one another to get one. Rather, customers will be able to enter the store at any time and line up at merchandise displays for the must-have items on their lists. When the products go on sale Friday at 5 a.m., workers will supervise the lines, giving shoppers the merchandise in the order in which they joined the line — until the goods are out of stock.

(Only a small percentage of stores will not be open 24 hours; most Wal-Mart Supercenters are already open 24 hours.)

[surromom]

So does that mean i will not have to wait outside this year for 3 hours????

[SyLph211]

So does that mean i will not have to wait outside this year for 3 hours????

Depends, lol. I would ask your local store. I did tonight and they are a normal 8-11 store but will be opened all night for BF and will start thier sales at 6:00AM. I was in dire hopes that they would NOT be open all night as you'll have to atleast have someone with you if you want two of the HOT items. :sad:

Sad that it took a death to bring change into something that should have been done YEARS AGO!!!