By Josh Voorhees, Slate
Walmart towels black friday ad
The retailer announced it had sold 2.8 million towels during the shopping event, which this year started even earlier at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The textile sales outpaced the 300,000 bicycles, 1.4 million tablets, and 2 million televisions sold during the period, and also beat last year’s towel sales by 1 million. For $1.74, bath towels and six packs of washcloths were available. That breaks down to $.29 per washcloth.
“We’ve seen at-home items like towels and sheets and even Rubbermaid Tupperware become popular on Black Friday at our stores,” said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Deisha Barnett. “A lot of people are either hosting guests for the weekend or preparing for guests for the holiday season.”
Read the full article by Josh Voorhees from Slate.
