Retailers Will Put Deepest br Holiday Discounts Online, This Year.br Shoppers used to standing in line br for hours to take advantage of the br best holiday deals on Black Friday.br are being directed online by major retailers, br including Walmart and Lowe's.br Covid [has] really changed everything. Now, nobody even wants to be standing next to somebody, let alone fighting a crowd to br get something, Marshal Cohen, The NPD Group, via CNBC.br Instead of single-day deals, br some of the deepest discounts br are occurring online over the course br of the shopping season.br Retailers are separating br their deals by category, br such as toys, electronics br and home goods.br Shoppers have expressed relief that Black Friday 2020 br will not be the usual logistical nightmare of arriving br at particular stores at particular times.br I kind of wish this would become br the norm, Julie Ramhold, DealNews.