Wal-Mart boosts holiday layaway, eyeing Star Wars toy launch


People talk outside a Wal-Mart Pickup-Grocery test store in Bentonville Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said it will bring forward its holiday layaway program by two weeks, as the world’s largest retailer hopes to get a jump on year-end demand and fuel sales of soon-to-be-launched Star Wars toys.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-wal-mart-stores-layaway-idUSKCN0QW09520150827