What’s Up Everyone?!?!!?! I was on the Walmart Executive Call for Holiday Season Announcements yesterday. I wasn’t allowed to even tell you until today. Not to sound too Super Hyped up, even though Walmart definitely is, they do have some pretty cool stuff that I am excited to tell you about. I love the executive calls, I am on a call with reporters from USA Today, Associated Press, Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, Bloomberg, CBS and Money Watch just to name a few.
The call was to break down Walmart’s 4 part Strategy to kick some serious Grinch this Holiday Season.
1. Lead with Low Prices and Honest Values– We know Walmart does that, that is why I write I Heart the Mart.
2. Biggest Assortment and Best Brands–
They will have more than 1,000,000 additional items than they did last year. You literally should be able to buy almost anything at Walmart or on Walmart.com.
Starting Nov. 1, Walmart will offer more than 20,000 Rollbacks on items including groceries and the most popular items of the season. Items from Disney “Frozen,” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Samsung, and Dell.
Just two days later on November 3rd, Walmart is bringing back its popular 24-hour holiday cyber savings event.
They are actually pulling deals up reserved for Black Friday and Cyber Monday start on shortly after midnight Pacific Time on Monday, Nov. 3. They include:
Walmart has started their One Day Cyber Event with a TON of great deals!! To kick-off the holiday shopping season, Walmart is holding a 24-hour Cyber Event TODAY! Mon., Nov. 3 featuring deals usually saved for Black Friday or Cyber Monday.
Also on Nov. 3, Walmart will have the hottest gaming release of the year, “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” available in stores. Walmart is the only retailer with an in-game exclusive – an exoskeleton. Additionally, customers can get 50 percent more trade in value when they trade in a game and purchase “Call of Duty: Advance Warfare.”
Big-name Electronics
- Sony 48” LED HDTV for $348, was $448
- Nintendo 2DS Handheld Video Game System for $79, was $99.96, regularly $129.96
- Nextbook 7.85” tablet with 8GB memory for $49, was $99
- Element 40” LED HDTV for $199, was $298
- Dell Black 15.6″ Laptop with 4GB Memory for $328, was $387.05, regularly $398
- Straight Talk Samsung S3 Prepaid Cell Phone for $199, was $279, regularly $439
- NutriNinja Pro Blender Silver/Black for $65, was $99
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Top Toys and Ride-ons
- Batman Transform & Attack Batmobile Vehicle for $10, was $16.96
- Barbie Dreamhouse for $120, was $148.82, regularly $159
- Crayola Paint Maker for $12, was $18.88, regularly $24.97
- Peg Perego John Deere Gator XUV 12-volt Battery-Powered Ride-On for $299, was $348, regularly $398
- Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven, Purple for $35, was $40
- Fisher-Price Power Wheels Dune Racer 12-Volt Battery-Powered Ride-On for $175, was $228, regularly $279
- Nerf Rebelle Agent Bow Blaster, Purple Arrows for $19, was $25.49
- Lifetime 44″ Acrylic Fusion Backboard Portable Basketball System for $119, was $147
- Hot Wheels Super Loop Chase Race Track Set for $25, was $34, regularly $44.97
- Air Hogs Vectron Wave for $15, was $19.88, regularly $22.88
These aren’t the Door Buster Deals, but they are really good savings and there are supposed to be about 10 more good ones.
3. Make shopping easier and online– This one I am the most excited about!
Walmart is rolling out something called the Checkout Promise! On the call lets just say they were vague at best on what this actually meant. Questions were asked about the details of the plan and to be honest there really isn’t a set policy on how it would work, but there are some goals. I was thinking ok, lets make the policy that if more than 4 people are in line they will pledge to open another check out lane or some variation.
I am really happy to tell you that after visiting about 4 different stores last night and this morning, it is actually going to be way better than that. Starting November 22, every manager that I have talked to is telling me that their goal is to have EVERY REGISTER OPEN from 12-8 on the weekends and every day for the last 2 weeks before Christmas. Each one of them are fully committed to making this happen, they told me that the only thing that will keep a register from being open is if the register is down. Some managers told me that they will have every register open from 4-9 during the week also. FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!
The second part of making the shopping easier is a REALLY COOL new feature on Savings Catcher called Search Your Store. You will be able to look for an items availability in your store from your phone! It is supposed to even be able to tell you where in the store you can find it, they said it is tied into real time inventory tracking.
Also available on Android phones right now is a Create a Wishlist feature. This allows you to create a Christmas wish list and share it with people that may be inclined to buy gifts for you or your kids. I am going to make mine and send it out to everyone!! 🙂 It will be available for iPhones in about 2 weeks.
4. Bring Holiday Joy!
I am not much into the typical corporate holiday tag lines, but they are actually doing something that will bring some Holiday Joy. Starting November 2nd Walmart will be Price Matching Holiday Ham & Turkey Deals!!! I am still waiting for clarification, but I am ready to gobble that one up!
Here is a list of some of the HOT offering and Rollbacks that Walmart will be offering Starting November 1. THATS TOMORROW!!!!
Nov. 1
In Store Rollbacks on more than 20,000 items, including big electronic brands at low prices:
- Xbox One for $349, previously $399
- Samsung 46” HDTV for $528, was $578
- Dell Inspiron Touch (15.6” Inspiron 15 Laptop PC) for $479, was $549
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11” Action Figure for $15.88, was $19.97
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle High Flyin Blimp for $24.76, was $29.97
- Frozen Light-up Dress for $28.88, was $34.97
Toys to put a smile on kids’ faces Christmas morning:
- Hasbro Nerf Rebelle Secrets and Spies Agent Bow Blaster for $19.88, was $29.96
- 16 Schwinn bikes – Cosmo and Twilight for $69, was $78.87
- LEGO Lego Movie Spaceship for $80, was $99.97
Walmart stores nationwide and Walmart.com
Hundreds of online specials, including:
- RCA 9-inch Tablet with 8GB memory for $69, was $89
- Sceptre 50-inch LED HDTV for $349, was $379
Walmart.com
Free shipping on the Walmart Top 100 Gifts (chosen by kids), guaranteed to be delivered by Christmas Eve.
Walmart.com with delivery to any Walmart store or Neighborhood Market. The gifts are available for free home delivery in the contiguous U.S.
Starting Nov. 2
Savings Catcher expansion covering holiday turkey and ham.
Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets
Nov. 3
Shortly after midnight Pacific Time: 24-hour holiday cyber savings event featuring 15 Black Friday and Cyber Monday-like deals, eligible for same-day pickup in stores. Check with your store managers to see if they will Price Match the Online Price and let you put it on Layaway.
- Element 40” LED HDTV for $199, was $298
- NutriNinja Pro Blender for $65, was $99
- Crayola Paint Maker for $12, was $18.88
They didn’t give ANY Walmart Black Friday or Cyber Monday Information. They also wouldn’t talk about the online price matching program that is going on in certain markets. I am thinking and a source tells me that they will expand it nationwide! Walmart has ALWAYS allowed their managers to decide if they want to match online prices in their store. I have two stores near me that do it already!!
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