holiday season Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/holiday-season/ Watching for inflation here, there and everywhere Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:23:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/inflationwatch.drduru.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-new-hp-money-printing-plates.png-1.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 holiday season Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/holiday-season/ 32 32 246324047 Wal-Mart will push prices down for holiday shopping https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/wal-mart-will-push-prices-down-for-holiday-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wal-mart-will-push-prices-down-for-holiday-shopping Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:23:29 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1974 CNNMoney.com is reporting that Wal-Mart will offer a price guarantee this holiday season. From Nov. 1 through Dec. 25, 2011, Wal-Mart will refund the difference if you find a lower-priced product at a competitor’s store in your local market. This program will help drive down the cost of holiday shopping for consumers and likely erase […]

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]]> CNNMoney.com is reporting that Wal-Mart will offer a price guarantee this holiday season. From Nov. 1 through Dec. 25, 2011, Wal-Mart will refund the difference if you find a lower-priced product at a competitor’s store in your local market. This program will help drive down the cost of holiday shopping for consumers and likely erase much of any pricing advantage that Wal-Mart’s competitors manage to find. Interestingly, it could also encourage retailers to push their own prices up, closer to Wal-Mart’s, given the effective lack of price advantage.

Note well that I cannot think of a single retailer who consistently charges lower prices than Wal-Mart on anything. So maybe this whole thing is more a marketing gimmick than anything else?

For more details see “Wal-Mart introduces Christmas price guarantee program.”

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