Walmart Opens Early Black Friday Sales With Discounts on Gadgets and Home Goods
US retailer Walmart launched its early Black Friday promotions on 12 November 2026, with discounts on headphones, pet gadgets, vacuums and more. WIRED highlighted items it has tested that could double as gifts.
US retailer Walmart has started its early Black Friday promotions in November 2026, opening the pre-holiday shopping season. The offers were outlined on 12 November by the tech and consumer-products outlet WIRED, which picked out discounts on items its staff have tested and that could work as gifts. Black Friday is the annual shopping sale day in the US, and the outlet says it will update its list through Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Members of Walmart+ can buy some of the deals earlier, while stock lasts. Walmart+ is the company's subscription programme: it includes free delivery on orders above $35, access to Peacock or Paramount+ streaming, fuel savings and other perks. It can be tried for 30 days for one dollar, after which it costs $13 a month or $98 a year. Anyone who does not want to continue must cancel manually. Some recipients of government assistance can get the plan at half price.
Highlighted offers
The Apple AirTag (2nd generation) Bluetooth tracker is listed at $23, which is $6 less than usual. The Workpro 408-piece home repair tool kit costs $130, a discount of $158. The Petkit PuraMax 2 automatic litter box is priced at $381, or $69 off.
Other items include the EcoFlow River 2 Pro portable power station, which weighs 17 pounds and has a 768-watt-hour capacity. The list also features Beats Solo 4 headphones without noise cancelation, the Levoit Aero cordless vacuum with a self-emptying station, the Grownsy EaseClean Bottle Washer Pro, the Glocusent neck reading light and the Birdfy Nest Duo smart nesting box with cameras.
The outlet says some of these products are among the lowest prices it has seen.
