Retailers Across Canada and the US are getting ready for the holiday season with doorbuster deals and major promotional campaigns in hopes that shoppers will open their wallets and seize the opportunity to save.
Both U.S.-based retailing giant Wal-Mart and Sears Canada have unveiled lower prices, particularly on bigger ticket items like LCD televisions, Blu-Ray players, pots and pans and other cooking products.
The country’s biggest retailers have come up with plans to slash prices on more items to lure penny-pinching shoppers.
Here in Canada discount giant Wal-Mart said Thursday it will cut the prices of more than 18,000 items this month, which it says amounts to 20 per cent more cuts than at the same time last year.
On the list of discounts are a Samsung home theatre DVD and sound system for $296, about $100 off the previous price, and a Rachel Ray stainless steel cookware set for $169.97, about $60 lower.
“We know this has been a tough year for Canadians, so we have made every effort to drop our prices and help Canadians make their dollars go farther this holiday season,” said David Cheesewright, the president and CEO of Canadian operations for the world’s biggest retailer.
Sears Canada has launched a “Boxing Day prices” campaign that reduces price tags on several items for three days this weekend, while some stores will stay open for extended hours. The promotion lengthens a single-day sale that ran at the same time last year.
Sears said a Samsung 40-inch LCD TV will sell for $799.88, while it will offer a Craftsman Electric Snowblower for $299.99, taking $200 off the regular price.
For Americans, the start of the Christmas shopping comes with the incredible deals on black Friday.
Retails like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Amazon all have incredible black friday doorbuster deals.
Do you plan on taking advantage of the incredible deals this weekend?