Wal-Mart launches Operation: Main Street

[Dryden]

Wal-Mart Launches Aggressive Holiday Price Cut Promotion - 11/6/2008 12:50:00 PM - TWICE

Wal-Mart Launches Aggressive Holiday Price Cut Promotion
Consumer Electronics Products Highlighted
By Colleen Bohen -- TWICE, 11/6/2008 12:50:00 PM

Bentonville, Ark. -- Wal-Mart has announced an aggressive fourth quarter price-cutting promotion with CE products taking a lead role.

Called "Operation Main Street," the promotion is described by Wal-Mart as "a series of initiatives" that will start Saturday, Nov. 8 and run for seven weeks and is designed to help those consumers hit by the economic downturn.

The retailer is anticipating the initiatives will help consumers save $200 million on top of any savings they might see by shopping Wal-Mart?s regular prices.

Wal-Mart will offer discounts on thousands of products from a wide range of categories such as CE, toys, home, grocery and health. For instance, in electronics, it said it will reduce a Magnavox Blu-ray Disc player from $229 to $198.

In addition, this Saturday, Nov. 8 there will be special offers on certain CE products. Featured items will include a 2GB Sony Walkman MP3 player for $49, a Compaq CQ-13WM 15.4-inch laptop with 2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive for $298, as well as a variety of video games at $19.82. The retailer will also include a $100 Wal-Mart gift card with the purchase of a $399 Sony PlayStation3 or a $30 Wal-Mart gift card with the purchase of a $129 Sony PlayStation2.

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[Dryden]

Went to my local Wal-Mart yesterday morning to check out what deals were available on games. There was a dump bin of $19.82 games with a mix of everything for all platforms (DS, Wii, 360, PS2, PS3, and PSP), though nothing that jumped out as a huge value that wouldn't be around any other day. Appeared most of the stuff that had been slashed to $20 and less were launch titles leftover from Christmas 2006/early 2007 and outdated sports titles.

I did take a look at the retail cases of full-price games, and Eye of Judgment for the PS3 being reduced to $30 caught my attention, so I did grab that.

 

[jlb1705]

Went to my local Wal-Mart yesterday morning to check out what deals were available on games. There was a dump bin of $19.82 games with a mix of everything for all platforms (DS, Wii, 360, PS2, PS3, and PSP), though nothing that jumped out as a huge value that wouldn't be around any other day. Appeared most of the stuff that had been slashed to $20 and less were launch titles leftover from Christmas 2006/early 2007 and outdated sports titles.

I did take a look at the retail cases of full-price games, and Eye of Judgment for the PS3 being reduced to $30 caught my attention, so I did grab that.

I saw one of those bins the other day - it had nothing of note in it except for the N64 (?) games they apparently found in the employee bathroom or something. And yes, they were actually trying to sell them for $19.82. Good luck with that!

 

[Dryden]

Wal-Mart's Black Friday Ad up at Kotaku. Your big deal (drumroll ...):

XBox 360 Arcade bundle with Guitar Hero III full version (yes, the wireless guitar too) for $199.

Black Friday: Wal-Mart Black Friday Deals

Looks like most of EA's 09 titles will be $30 too.