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As retailers jockey for customers both online and in stores for yet another competitive holiday shopping season, Target has made a big play by teaming up with pop singer Taylor Swift to offer exclusive merchandise on Black Friday. The Minneapolis-based retailer will release a book that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the singer's internationally sold-out Eras Tour and a vinyl album of previously digital-only tracks on the biggest shopping day of the year, Nov. 29.
The exclusive items will be in stores first and not available online via Target's app and website until the next day, according to a news release. The book, a 256-page hardcover titled "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Book," will cost $39.99 and include photos, as well as Swift's personal reflections and notes.
The record is the anthology version of Swift's 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department." It will cost $59.99 and feature 35 tracks, including four bonus acoustic songs.
The Walt Disney Co. is set to pilot a costly new pass for guests to get on rides faster at its domestic theme parks. At Disneyland in California, the Lightning Lane Premier Pass will cost $400 per person, per day.
Prices at Disney World in Florida will range from $129 to $449 per pass at launch. Guests still need to buy a separate admission ticket to enter the parks. CVS Health said CEO Karen Lynch has stepped down with company shares sinking 19% this year and the health care giant struggling on several fronts.
Lynch will be replaced by veteran CVS Health executive David Joyner, who will attempt to steer the company through rising costs and slumping drugstore sales..
