Hello! I hope you found us. By way of introduction, we post “Sales At A Glance” every Monday and Thursday. We subscribe to all the Emails and catalogs, and research all the stores and websites bi-weekly to update you on the latest sales — so you don’t have too!
At a glance, you can scan through the articles and find your favorite stores. Or, potentially take advantage of special promotions at stores you don’t shop very often, but have been meaning to give another/new try.
Winter outerwear promotions have started. You should be able to buy at “pre-season” deals of 20 – 25% off. Unless you find a must-have item, my recommendation is to wait for a better deal, especially if your winter weather is still a few months away.
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Current Sales
- American Girl
- Check out August’s month specials, where you can save 15 – 20% off selected current merchandise.
- Abercrombie Kids
- Markdowns on website are 40-60% off.
- BabyGap & GapKids
- An Email coupon is circulating from the Gap Outlet – save 15 – 20% on your entire purchase (good Aug. 26)
- For a limited time, add any Piperlime item to your on-line order and receive free shipping on entire order.
- Especially for Cardholders: Get 20% through August 21st. Enter “STUFFSAVE” at checkout.
- Jeans Rule for school on GapKids and Baby Gap, too. Buy one pair, get another pair 50% off.
- Save 25% on all kids Backpacks and Lunchboxes.
- Save on Back to School basics at GapKids with “2 for” deals.
- Stock up on playwear at BabyGap for Girls and Boys – includes both Playtime Favorites and Brannan’s Favorites.
- Register to win a $3,000 collection from BabyGap Home plus $1,000 GapMaternity gift card. This looks like a fun collection, and valued higher than most other concurrently running sweepstakes from BabyGap competitors.
- Crazy 8
- Back to School: $5.99 graphic tees, $7.99 polos, and $9.99 denim.
- Coupons are available promoting Back to School clothes. Save 20% through August 24th.
- If you aren’t getting Crazy 8 coupons in the mail, subscribe here. As a new subscriber you will receive a coupon for $10 off your first purchase of $30 or more.
- CrewCuts
- The “Extra30″ sale has been extended. Continue to take an extra 30% off on-line orders today. New items continue to be added to the sale.
- Enter the Set-For-School sweepstakes and win a $2,000 wardrobe that comes with the help of a personal shopper to pull it all together! Daily prizes are also being given away — each day you can play a match-making game to win (of course you have to keep coming back).
- Automatically receive a one year subscription to Cookie Magazine with any purchase over $100.
- Crewcuts receives their store markdowns each Tuesday after closing. So, Wednesdays are typically the best days to shop.
- Garnet Hill
- Many summer markdowns are still available on-line at 40 – 70% off. Have a favorite that you don’t see? Try searching on item number.
- Save on over 170 new kids Back to Schoolitems. Watch the pencil for introductory items marked at 15-20% off.
- Coupon sites, such as Retail Me Not, usually have codes for $10 off $50, $20 off $100, and $50 off $250.
- Sale of the Day: Drop-waist scooter for little girls and “fitted and flared” sweater for little girls ~50% off
- Gymboree
- Pair up current 20% off coupons with Sale inventory. Recent markdowns taken. Several lines now in 60% off section.
- Circle of Friends sale is right around the corner! August 21 – 24. Take 30% off your entire purchase. Let’s see if this works with the other current 20% off coupons.
- Register to win a $500 Gymboree gift card – just visit gymboree.com/sweeps.
- 20% off coupons available:
- August issue of “Parenting” Magazine has a coupon that is good through September 15th. (Again..there have been many reports of people stealing coupons from the Magazine. If you want the coupon, please buy the Magazine!)
- New Plum Magazine – good through November 30th. Click here to get Plum?
- Hanna Andersson
- Just loaded this weekend! The pre-season outerwear sale has started. Save 20% on new winter coats, snow pants, snowsuits, hats, and gloves.
- As expected, backpacks and other back-to-school accessories now on sale. All backpacks just $20 (33% savings)
- Have favorites from last season? They are possibly still available on the website, even if they don’t display. Just type in the catalog SKU’s to search.
- Janie and Jack
- Summer sales are now marked very low – as much as 70 – 75% off. I’m finding a good selection of sizes remaining.
- $500 Gift Card Sweepstakes. Enter to win.
- Lands End Kids
- Recently arrived catalogs have a Free Shipping code (no minimum order), good through Sunday, August 19th. Try Promotion Code “SCHOOL” and Pin “1478″.
- Earn 3% for your school on all purchases for a limited time! Look for your favorite school and register before you purchase!
- Save$5 on Backpacks and lunchboxes through August 27.
- Buy tee’s in three’s – 3 for $30
- Stock up and Save – Back to School “2 for ” deals, such as Kids Performance Polos 2 for $25 (short sleeve) and 2 for $30 (long sleeve).
- Save $10 on select Girls and Boys pants when you buy 2 (pair this offer with free shipping for a great deal).
- There are still plenty Summer-End savings for kids in Overstocks. Save up to 65%
- A new sale section, the “Blow out Special” has several items for kids, but only marked down to 60% off. All items are from 2007 Summer season. (I’m not understanding the rationale behind the pricing — not what I would consider to be “blow out” pricing).
- There are a few items for kids “On The Counter” today. It’s worth checking if you placing an order with the current Free Shipping offer.
- Some of the best deals (e.g. 60-85% off) can be found in “Not Quite Perfect” on the website. There are a couple of swimwear items for kids out there today and some boys corduroy pants for just $9.99.
- Limited Too
- It’s “Got to Go” in Clearance. Sale prices now marked down as low as 75% off (although you’ll find 40% off items mixed in too)
- It’s still Double Too Bucks distribution (is this ever going to end?). Spend $50 and get $80 in future savings. Get TWO $25 savings cards, each with a $15 off Bonus Card. This is a great time to buy – be sure to spend your initial $50 on Sale and Clearance items to optimize the deal.
- LL Bean Kids
- The Summer sale continues, with inventory dwindling. Save 30-75% off most summer items.
- Watch Thursdays for the Thursday Morning Markdown — there is occasionally a great deal for kids.
- Mini Boden
- Retail Me Not has coupon codes for 15% off plus free shipping and free returns, good through 11/21/08. The link is currently indicating a 100% success rate – may be worth a try!
- New catalogs arriving in the mail – Get 10% and Free Shipping and Free Returns on orders over $125.
- Did you know you can earn up to $20 per month by referring new customers to Boden? For each new customer, they will credit your account $5 — up to 4 referrals per month.
- Naartjie
- Mix and Match – save 20% off any on-line purchase of $75 or more. Enter code “molly” at checkout.
- End of Season Final Sale- All Summer merchandise is not $9.99 and under. Varying size selection.
- Nordstrom
- There is a lot of summer inventory on-line and on sale – 33 – 50% off. Stores also still have quite large racks.
- Old Navy
- Kids back-to-school sale ends August 21. In stores, all kids items are at least 40% off.
- Especially for Cardholders: Get 20% through August 21st. Enter “STUFFSAVE” at checkout.
- Are you signed up for Old Navy e-mail? If not, join the list to receive a $10 of $50 Thank You code.
- Pumpkin Patch
- Click and Pick tees for just $5.99
- Denim – Buy one get one 1/2 off (in stores only)
- Enter the Fall Patch Star Competition for a chance to win a $1,000 Pumpkin Patch wardrobe and be seen in on-line and store advertisements.
- Try to get 20% off or $15 off $75 purchase – check for Coupon at Retail Me Not If you haven’t purchased on-line in the past, you will find a 20% off coupon for your first purchase here, too.
- Strasburg Children
- Mailer coupon is arriving for registered customers. With the coupon, you can get an additional 30% off clearance items starting August 8th. Plus, get either $5 off a $50 purchase and $10 off a $100 purchase. Valid through Sep. 3.
- On-site clearance priced at 50%-60% off.
- Note: Clearance items are not returnable. Be very careful, especially when buying on-line.
- Talbots Kids
- Today is the last day to save and additional 25% with the Friends and Family promotion
- Get Free Shipping on orders of $175 or mor
- Although Talbots Kids is supposed to be closing soon, they do have a full back-to-school line currently available (though not on sale).
- The Children’s Place
- Summer items are arriving at the Outlets — all marked at $3.99.
- New Savings in the sale section on Back-to-School items, save about 25%.
- Pick up “Place Denim” for school – 2 for $22
- The Monster Sale is still on-line, but you have to click through the “Outlet” link. Now get lots of items for $2.99 and under.
- Click here for the August Birthday Coupon for 20% off your entire order. We’ll need a new code tomorrow! Sign up to ensure you get the birthday code during your child’s birthday month — and, for a limited time, you can get registered to win a $1,000 Martha Stewart Birthday Party for your child.
- 15-20% off and Free shipping codes are often available on-line or via mail — look for one before you buy. I never shop Children’s Place without one.
Suzanne Rielle, Co-Founder, Loobalee.com