Holiday shopping season shifts amid the pandemic

Usually, people are planning their Black Friday shopping strategy ahead of Thanksgiving so they're ready to hit the malls running to get the best deals. That won't be the case this Christmas, according to a supply chain management expert.

Usually, people are planning their Black Friday shopping strategy ahead of Thanksgiving so they're ready to hit the malls running to get the best deals. That won't be the case this Christmas. With COVID-19, stores are already offering online specials and will do so until Dec. 25, according to Hitendra Chaturvedi, supply chain management professor of practice.

In this story published Nov. 11, 2020, on ABC 15:

I don't think there's going to be one Black Friday. I think they will create many more Black Fridays all the way up to Christmas.