Walmart’s Black Friday 2012 Will Start at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving

Date: Nov 08 2012

Filed under: Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart Stores, Holidays, Shopping

Walmart Black FridayBlack Friday sales have been starting earlier and earlier every year, and in recent years, a few brave retailers have broken the midnight threshold to open their doors late in the evening on Thanksgiving. On Thursday morning, Walmart (WMT) threw down a new gauntlet: It announced it would open its doors at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving evening.

That’s the earliest the nation’s biggest retailer has ever opened for Black Friday. So far, Walmart is only being matched this year by Sears (SHLD), whose leaked…

Walmart’s Black Friday 2012 Will Start at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-08T10:34:00Z.

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