Walmart’s Black Friday Plan Caps Customer Capacity at Just 20%
- Retailer to sanitize shopping carts, encourage masks in store
- Deals will begin in early November in shift from prior years
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Black Friday is known for massive crowds of shoppers elbowing one another aside to get a good deal. At Walmart Inc., that won’t be the case this year.
The world’s biggest retailer will limit the number of customers inside its stores to just 20% of usual capacity as the threat of the coronavirus looms over this holiday shopping season. Other changes to the in-store setup include sanitized carts and directions to help shoppers avoid one another when browsing, Walmart said Wednesday.