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WalMart Gears Up for Holiday Markdowns

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Pallavi Gogoi
Contributing writer to BusinessWeek

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WalMart Gears Up for Holiday Markdowns

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

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WalMart Gears Up for Holiday Markdowns

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

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