The holidays are a battlefield. Every year, companies like Wal-Mart (WMT 0.60%), Best Buy (BBY 2.10%), Target (TGT -0.21%), and Amazon.com (AMZN -0.23%) bring out bigger and better deals in the fight to be the first to your wallet. In this special edition of Investor Beat, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser and consumer expert Dayana Yochim talk about the escalating gimmicks and deals retailers are rolling out this holiday season and which stores are the most desperate for your money.