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The Battle Of Black Friday 2017: How Best Buy, Walmart And Target Plan To Dethrone Amazon

Author:: TWICE Staff
Publish date:: Nov 21, 2017

Best Buy, Walmart and Target are using a combination of price cuts, early sales events, in-store exclusives and loyalty-club specials to challenge Amazon for the Black Friday throne.

“Instead of copying Amazon.com Inc.’s playbook, retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are coming up with new tricks to maximize sales ahead of Black Friday.”

See the full story at The Wall Street Journal.

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