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Patrick Wood

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NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-28-2024 8PM EST

Football fans looking to splurge after they gorged on Thanksgiving dinner will be invited to do so from the comfort of their couch as part of a deal struck between NBC, Universal and Walmart. Ads for the retail giant will appear during commercial breaks in football games and, for the first time, include a QR code and text-to-buy options for people to shop online while they watch.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-28-2024 8PM EST

A spokesperson for NBCUniversal billed it as the next era of advertising, while Walmart said it was capitalising on research that showed 86% of its customers watch professional football. A record more than 34 million people watched football on Thanksgiving last year.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-28-2024 8PM EST

And the National Retail Federation is predicting record sales this holiday season, with people forecast to spend up to nearly $1 trillion. Patrick Wood, NPR News.