Walmart’s Beating Amazon With These 7 October Prime Day Deals
Amazon's sale ends tonight, but these Walmart deals are here to stay until the weekend.
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- Walmart is hosting a competitive six-day sale that runs through Sunday, October 12.
- Similar to July's sale, shoppers can find steep discounts at their local Walmart stores and online.
- Our shopping editors found the deals that are better at Walmart than Amazon right now, including top-tested electronics, appliances, and furniture.
While Prime Big Deal Days might be getting all the buzz, Amazon isn't the only retailer hosting a major sale this week. A follow-up to Walmart+ Week, Walmart Deals is running through Sunday, October 12, and like Amazon, it's offering markdowns across electronics, outdoor furniture, and kitchen appliances. Rather than digging through both sites' seemingly endless sale pages this week, our editors price-compared for you—and narrowed it down to the 7 deals at Walmart that are better than Amazon's.
Walmart's six-day sale might have Amazon beat in terms of quantity, but our shopping editors wanted to see if the quality of deals were up to par. To make your shopping experience easier, we combed through our product guides to find top-tested brands and editor-loved items on sale at Walmart—and managed to find a few markdowns that are even steeper than what we're seeing on Amazon. Plus, these deals will likely stick around even after Amazon's sale ends at midnight tonight.
Best Deal
Why we like it: LEGO sets are some of the most-purchased Prime Day deals among our readers, and this Hocus Pocus cottage is right on-theme for Halloween. It's inspired by the Sanderson sisters' cottage and includes figurines of characters from the beloved film.
What you should know: This deal is so popular, it already sold out on Amazon—so we recommend grabbing it now before it goes out of stock at Walmart, too.
Why we like it: LG's OLED line impressed our tech experts with its clarity and brightness, making it our pros' best overall TV brand pick. This is a rare opportunity to save hundreds on a top-rated TV.
What you should know: Though a few LG TVs are on sale at Amazon, this particular model is only on sale at Walmart right now, so you'll save $302 compared to shopping on Amazon.
Why we like it: Since Amazon's furniture deals are historically slim during October Prime Day, our pros recommend shopping at Walmart instead. One of our favorite Walmart deals right now, this shearling-wrapped chair can transform an empty corner into a cozy reading nook. It's from Drew Barrymore's best-selling furniture line, and several reviewers praise its plush cushioning and easy, quick assembly.
What you should know: Beautiful by Drew Barrymore is only available at Walmart, and similar items on Amazon offer fewer reviews and start at a significantly higher price point (around $300).
Why we like it: Nespresso is one of our Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab's top-tested brands for coffee machines, and this model is designed to whip up drinks in six different sizes: 5, 8, 12, and 18 ounces, as well as brew both single and double espressos.
What you should know: Currently, this Nespresso machine is almost $20 cheaper on Walmart than it is on Amazon.
Why we like it: Just in time for bonfire season, you can score this popular Adirondack chair for under $100. It's made from a plastic material designed to withstand rain and UV fading, while offering the look of wood grain. Plus, it folds down for more compact storage once patio season ends.
What you should know: This exact folding Adirondack chair is $55 cheaper at Walmart than it is on Amazon in select colors.
Why we like it: Score 50% off this Samsung Galaxy watch, one of our tech experts' top-tested smart watch brands for women. This model features fitness insights such as step counts and heart rate, plus personalized sleep data.
What you should know: This smart watch is only on sale at Walmart. It's only compatible with Android OS, so it's not the best pick for Apple users.
Why we like it: This multitasking appliance from Ninja, a top-tested brand often recognized by our Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, offers a variety of functions like air frying, steaming, roasting, and dehydrating. Its 5-quart capacity can fit up to a 4-pound whole chicken, according to the brand.
What you should know: This pressure cooker is more than $150 cheaper on Walmart than it is on Amazon, making it a steal.
Lauren Gruber is an associate commerce editor at Hearst Magazines, where she writes for publications like Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Prevention, Country Living, House Beautiful, and more. She has over four years of professional experience covering a variety of lifestyle topics from home to fashion, with an advanced background in beauty and fragrance. When she’s not researching the most worthy Prime Day deals or hands-on testing all the latest perfume launches, Lauren is probably hanging out with her cat Serafina or flexing her AMC A-List membership at the movie theater.
You can find her previous work at Entertainment Tonight, Shop TODAY, USA Today, Self Magazine, L’Officiel USA, V Magazine, and Modern Luxury Media.
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