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Umar Shakir @ The Verge 1 place · today 12:22 EDT

Walmart made a whole Christmas movie just to sell you stuff

Will New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre find love again, or will he just shop at Walmart? | Image: Roku


Walmart is linking up with Roku to release a full-length Christmas movie that will let viewers buy products on their TV during specific parts of the story, Business Insider reports. It’s the retailer’s second go at the idea of shoppable TV after previously trying out a social media romcom series. Walmart learned customers seemed likelier to buy something the longer they watched, so a feature wa

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