Walmart's Black Friday policy does not turn a blind eye to the fact that in-person shopping will be difficult this year. In fact, the Walmart Black Friday Deal for Days program embraces the fact that many people will be buying merchandise online whenever they want, rather than crowding into stores in line on a particular day. Walmart Black Friday begins on November 4 and continues through the end of the month. This is further proof that Black Friday 2020 will be quite different from previous years.

The information comes from a Walmart press release describing the "Black Friday Deals for Days" roadmap. The initiative will consist of three "events," each beginning on a different day and focusing on a different type of bargain. While each event will offer deals on several high-tech products, Event 2, which will begin online on November 11 and in stores on November 14, appears to offer deals on most electronics products.

Wal-Mart promises that Event 2 will offer "deals for techies on electronics like TVs, computers, and tablets." The first wave of these deals will appear on November 11 at 7 p.m. ET, and the second wave will appear on November 14 at 12 a.m. ET. All storewide deals for Event 2 will begin on November 14, whenever the store in question opens.

Event 2 will also include the "biggest wireless phone event" Walmart has ever held. These sales should go along with the second wave of Event 2 above, but the company has yet to offer any additional details.

Events 1 and 3 are not likely to be tech-focused, but each will also offer deals on at least some electronics. In fact, the only tech bargain we know of specifically takes place at Event 1: an Onn 42-inch UHD Roku TV for $88. This device normally sells for $178 (and, let's face it, is not very good).

Details for each event are as follows:

Wal-Mart also explains that it will take measures to ensure the safety of customers shopping in the store, including outdoor single-file lines, sanitized shopping carts, and employees who assist customers by masking and social distancing The company states. But anyone who has seen the video of Wal-Mart shoppers on Black Friday morning can already imagine how difficult this will be to implement.

The bottom line is that Wal-Mart's Black Friday sales will be spread out over the entire month, rather than crammed into one day. Until the company knows what it is selling, it will not know if it is a good deal or not. On the other hand, if there is an option to buy locally, that would be better.