Walmart opened stores at 5am on Friday, directing shoppers to turn right upon entering and proceed along main aisles to shop deals before paying at registers surrounded by plastic barriers. Others offered temperature checks and “grab-and-go” merchandise, including toys, bikes and kitchen appliances to discourage lingering in store aisles. Elsewhere, shoppers with empty carts lined up a socially-distant six feet apart before the Walmart in LaGrange, Kentucky opened, but crowds appeared down overall. “Deep east Texas isn’t the type of place where you’ll see everyone respecting mask policies or avoiding close contact.”Adobe Analytics expects Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 to still become the two largest online sales days in history, with Black Friday online sales between $8.9 billion and $10.6 billion. Melissa Bloss, who works at a bank in Rapid City, South Dakota, said she plans to do all her shopping online this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 28, 2020 07:18 UTC