I’m looking forward to opening day of the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale tomorrow. I’ll be leaving the house at 5:15 a.m. to travel to the store closest to me in order to arrive before they open at 8:00 a.m. You can be sure I’ll be taking copious notes while try to pick up some deals and enjoy the day.
If you’re planning to be an early bird at the sale too, take a moment to prepare and read my post on 17 Tips for Success at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale.
Making it even a bigger bonus week, is that Gymbucks redemption has started. If you are Gymbucks novice, there’s a bit of strategy and some tricks to optimizing your “Buck”. So, before heading off to shop, take a moment to review my tips in the following blog post series:
Using Gymbucks Part 1: The Rules
Using Gymbucks Part 2: The Strategy
Using Gymbucks Part 3: The Madness
Using Gymbucks Part 4: The Rewards
Additional discounts continue with most major retailers this week. Now is the time to seriously think about what you’ll need for your kids next year and stock up in advance. In the past, I have typically purchased about 1/2 (if not more) of everything I need a year in advance. I’ll even buy some shoes, such as flip-flops and sandals, which offer a bit fit flexibility.
Current Sales
- American Girl
- Check out July’s month specials, where you can save 15 – 20% off selected current merchandise.
- Abercrombie Kids
- Spring Sales – Save 30-50% on Boys and Girls in Clearance.
- Baby Gap & Gap Kids
- Summer sale and clearance now marked down to 30 – 70% off retail. But, you will likely find deeper discounts by shopping in stores (e.g. $2.99 and $3.99 deals) – and save on shipping too!
- Crazy 8
- Watch the remaining Summer sales closely, this merchandise is likely to reduce further in the near the future. Right now, save 40-60% (occasionally more).
- Coupons are arriving in the mail promoting Back to School. Save 20% through August 24th.
- If you aren’t getting Crazy 8 coupons in the mail, subscribe here.
- CrewCuts
- The “Final” sale has started, and in this case, “Final” means no returns or exchanges on remaining sale merchandise. Additional markdowns have now been taken.
- Shop in stores to take an additional 25% off all Summer Sale and Clearance items. Also, you’ll notice many items on sale in the stores that are not on sale on-line.
- Crewcuts receives their store markdowns each Tuesday after closing. So, Wednesdays are typically the best days to shop.
- Garnet Hill
- The site and catalog-wide semi-annual sale and clearance is now in progress. Save 30-70%. Check out the massive 70% off deals such as the floral girls cargo skirt for just $6.00.
- 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: Patagonia Animal Tee for Boys ($9.00, 64% off).
- Gymboree
- Gymbucks Redemption is in full swing, however, most of the good sale deals are already gone on-line. Stores may have additional sale inventory in the back – it’s always worth asking.
- A 20% off coupon arrived in the mail to registered customers. It’s good July 8 – July 27, which overlaps with Gymbucks redemption. The coupon, however, does not work simultaneously with Gymbucks.
- $6.50 shipping for a limited time.
- Register to win a $1,000 gift card from Minnie Driver’s baby shower!
- 20% off coupons available:
- “You & Your Family” Magazine (available at your OB Gyn office) — good only in stores through July 31st.
- August issue of “Parenting” Magazine has a 20% off coupon that is good through September 15th.
- Hanna Andersson
- School Deals Sale on over 150 new Hannas – save 20 – 25%.
- Some (but apparently not all) of the recent catalogs include a one-time use Free Shipping code – Yeah! This is very unusual for Hanna.
- Sneak Preview on School Back Packs and supplies for Fall. Be patient — they will go on sale.
- 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
- Season Finale Sale – save up to 60% and more! There is still 5 or 6 pages of inventory available in every size.
- $500 Gift Card Sweepstakes. Enter to win. Note: Even if your kids have grown out of Janie and Jack, enter anyway! If you win, it’s an awesome opportunity to buy baby gifts, gifts for friends and family with children, or even clothing to re-sell at Loobalee!
- Lands End Kids
- There are a lot of Summer-End savings for kids in Overstocks. Save 30-60%.
- There are currently only one or two items for girls “On The Counter“.
- The best deals (e.g. 60-85% off) can be found in “Not Quite Perfect” on the website. Check frequently, selections are limited and go fast.
- Limited Too
- It’s still Double Too Bucks Time! 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.
- Take an extra 40% off Clearance Apparel on-line, and an extra 50% (or more) off in Stores. Lots of summer marked down 30 – 60%
- LL Bean Kids
- The Summer sale is in progress. Save 30-75% off lots of summer items.
- Nothing for kids today, but watch Thursday for the Thursday Morning Markdown, for an occasional special on kids clothing and gear.
- Mini Boden
- End of Season Summer Sale is still on-line Up to 25-50% off. Sizes are going fast. Since you will pay a flat $10 in shipping if you order, be sure you purchase enough items to make up this rate (or there goes your sale!)
- Fall Preview is still available, but down from 20% off to 10% off (although still with free shipping).
- 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. The best part? Your friends only have to register. They don’t have to make a purchase in order for you to earn your credit. This is potentially a nice way to earn some “free” merchandise!
- Naartjie
- End of Season Final Sale- All Summer merchandise is not $9.99 and under. Varying size selection.
- Nordstrom
- The Anniversary Sale official starts tomorrow. Still today, you can shop the pre-sale (i.e. same items in back room), and hold items for purchase tomorrow. The sale will be on-line tonite by Midnight.
- Additionally, most Summer inventory is marked down 30 – 60% (both on-line and in stores).
- Old Navy
- Summer Lovin’ Sale – Save 40-65% online with probability of even greater savings in stores. Many of the current sale items can also make great back-to-school outfits in warmer climates.
- Register daily through July 31 to win a 1,000 Spree!
- 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
- “Final” Big Patch clearance now in progress – save up to 60% in stores and on-line.
- Try to get $15 off $75 or more – check for Coupon at Retail Me Not
- Strasburg Children
- Save up to 50% on Clearance on-line.
- In Stores Only: Save an additional 20% on first clearance item, an additional 30% on second clearance item, and an additional 50% on third clearance item plus any more items in the same purchase. Sale continues through August 3rd.
- Note: Clearance items are not returnable. Be very careful, especially when buying on-line.
- Talbots Kids
- Summer Sale – up to 60% off. Recent markdowns taken.
- Now, take an additional 25% all Clearance items for savings of at least 60%.
- The Children’s Place
- Now take an additional 50% off all sale items at the Summer Monster Sale
- Click here for the July Birthday Coupon for 20% off your entire order.
- 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