Sales At A Glance: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

Ditto my comments from Monday! The Sales this week continue to focus on Fall Transition lines and Baby Sales.

Halloween is just around the corner. We’ll start tracking the Halloween promotions. And don’t forget to Sell your previous years’ Halloween costumes NOW.

Holiday lines are already arriving in stores. Most stores will start promoting their Holiday wear for babies and children by the end of September. For example, expect the Gymboree holiday lines to be introduced prior to the Gymbucks redemption period, starting October 2.

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Current Sales

• American Girl
  • September’s Monthly Specials, where you can save 15 – 20% off selected current merchandise, are newly up on the site.
• Abercrombie Kids
  • Have I mentioned before that Abercrombie has slow moving sales? You’ll find Fall transition items on sale for 20 – 40% off. Finally, you’ll also see some deeper markdowns on Summer for Girls and Boys at – 50 – 70% off.
• BabyGap & GapKids
  • Lots of new reductions on-line this week.
  • Get 20% off Baby Gap purchase of $75 or more. Email coupons have unique codes – valid through September 21.
  • Baby Sale at the Gap Outlet – September 12 – 25. Save 40% off already discounted prices.
  • For a limited time, add any Piperlime item to your on-line order and receive free shipping on entire order.
  • Register for the Gap Casting Call – and receive a special offer from Gap and Snapfish.
  • 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
  • STARTED TODAY: Exclusive Friends and Family Sale – save an additional 20% Sept 18 – 21. Coupons arriving via email, or use on-line code “cbonline”.
  • The Baby Sale is over, but you will find the same (and more!) reductions in the Sale section.
  • All Fall transition now on sale – 40% and more.
  • TIP: If you aren’t getting Crazy 8 coupons in the mail, subscribe here. As a new subscriber you will receive a coupon for 20% off your first order.
• CrewCuts
  • TIP: Shop carefully, all items on Sale are now final – no exchanges or refunds. If you love crewcut’s high-end “Collection” for kids, now is the time to buy!
    
  • The Set-For-School sweepstakes still seems to be in progress. Enter to and win a $2,000 wardrobe that comes with the help of a personal shopper (probably Melanie) to pull it all together!
  • Automatically get a 1 year’s subscription to Cookie Magazine with any purchase over $100.
  • TIP: Crewcuts receives their store markdowns each Tuesday after closing. So, Wednesdays are typically the best days to shop.
• Garnet Hill
  • Save 20% on Kids Sleepwear. You must click through the Email promotion link. If you didn’t receive the Email, leave me a comment and I’ll forward it to you.
  • Kids Pre-season outwear sale now in progress – save 10 – 20% on select winter coats and outwear
  • TIP: Buy any kids coat, and Garnet Hill will donate 15% of its value to K.I.D.S (Kids In Distressed Situations) – now through September 30.
  • Sale of the Day: Track Jacket for Boys$28.00 (save 27%)
• Gymboree
  • Fall Fashion sale for Kids – just started. Save up to 50%.
  • The Baby Sale is still in progress. Look for $10 and $20 values.
  • One more week to earn Gymbucks – ends September 28. Gymbucks Redemption begins October 2 – 12. Learn how to optimize your Gymbucks in these previous posts:
    Using Gymbucks Part 1: The Rules
    Using Gymbucks Part 2: The Strategy
    Using Gymbucks Part 3: The Madness
    Using Gymbucks Part 4: The Rewards
  • Register to win a $500 Gymboree gift card – just visit gymboree.com/sweeps.
  • 20% off coupons available:
    • Plum Magazine – good through November 30th. Click here to get Plum?
• Hanna Andersson
  • Free Shipping! Unbelievable (this is a rarity!). Take advantage of Free Shipping on orders of $125 or more through September 21.
  • Fall Favorites Sale – save up to 50%
  • Only 10 more days remaining on the pre-season outerwear sale – ends September 28. Save 20% on new winter coats, snow pants, snowsuits, hats, and gloves.
  • TIP: If you love Hanna Andersson, it pays to watch the sight on Sundays and Mondays. Sales are often loaded and/or announced on-line before emails are distributed on Tuesdays.
  • TIP: 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
  • Autumn Sale – save up to 50% on children’s clothing lines for Fall
  • $500 Gift Card Sweepstakes. Enter to win.
• Justice – Just for Girls
  • Fall sale – save 20 – 40% on most Fall Transition items.
  • Redeem your Fun Cards on-line and in stores through October 13.
  • Get free shipping on orders over$125.
  • NOTE: I just have to say… typing the url: www.justicejustforgirls.com – is one of the most difficult ones to type I have ever encountered! I hope Tween Brands considered this in their decision to eliminate Limited Too (easy to type) in favor of Justice!
• Lands End Kids
  • Buy tee’s in three’s – 3 for $30
  • Buy two knit dresses and save $10
  • 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).
  • Check out the various Overstocks sections for savings of up to 65%, e.g. the Blow Out Event has deals from past seasons, On the Counter is worth checking daily, and some of the best deals can be found in Not Quite Perfect. A new Kids Great Deals section pulls all the sales together for Kids.
  • TIP: Lands End frequently offers short-term free shipping offers to email subscribers, e.g. good for just 1 – 3 days.
• Limited Too
  • “Shop ‘Til You Drop” Sale. Get “Sweet Deals” on many back-to-school items.
  • Sale – $10 off Sweaters
  • Don’t Forget to redeem your “Too Bucks” – now through September 21. I have about 10 of these (dropped in my bag for free). First Come first serve — I’ll send them to you – Just leave me a comment.
    
  • It’s “Got to Go” in Clearance. Sale prices now marked down as low as 75% off – although many items I’ve watched ALL summer are still only 40% off.
• LL Bean Kids
  • Sale inventory is low. Nothing new has been added in weeks. Save up to 55% on some remaining summer inventory and a few Fall/Winter items.
  • TIP: Nothing today, but Watch for the Thursday Morning Markdown – there is occasionally a great deal for kids.
• Mini Boden
  • It’s Buy 3, Get 4th for $1.00! (plus free shipping and free returns!). Remember, the optimal savings on this promotion is 25% — which you can only achieve if you buy 4 identically-priced items.
  • 15% off Orders of $100 or more (plus free returns). This is a pretty good no-nonsense sale — especially if you purchase well over $100 (flat rate shipping is $10).
  • Retail Me Not has currently has coupon codes for 10%- 15% off plus free shipping and free returns.
  • TIP: Johnnie never offers Free Shipping during the End of Season sales. But when the next season’s merchandise comes out, you can include remaining sale merchandise with your order and receive Free Shipping.
  • TIP: 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
  • 25% off all Baby and Newborn fashions.
  • Fall Transition now all on sale, save 30% and more.
• Nordstrom
  • There is quite a lot on sale right now. Find remaining Anniversary Sale merchandise on-line and in stores at 50% off. And, get Juicy Couture for Kids at 33% off. A good deal for Juicy fans.
• Old Navy
  • Baby Sale ends today – save40%. But don’t worry (it’s not like they will raise their prices!)
  • UPCOMING:  Best Friend Sales this weekend.  Get 20% off your purchase and free shipping (no minimum order) September 19 – 21 only.  Enter Promotion  Code “BFF” at checkout, or mention the password “BFF” in stores.
  • For a limited time, pair a Piperlime order with your Old Navy and/or Gap Order and receive free shipping on your entire order.
  • TIP: 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
  • Baby Sale – 30% off.
  • Selected Fall kids clothes now 30% off.
  • There is still Summer inventory left on-line at the “e-Sale” for up to 60% off. Based on previous seasons, we anticipate further discounts at 70% off – for a brief time only, then the sale inventory will be gone.
  • TIP: Try Retail Me Not for a 20% off coupon on your first Pumpkin Patch USA on-line purchase.
    
• Strasburg Children
  • Final Days of the 50% off sale — absolutely everything is 50% off!
  • TIP: Clearance items are not returnable. Be very careful, especially when buying on-line.
• The Children’s Place
  • Fall sale is “In Session” – don’t be late for$9.99 (and under) deals!
  • Click here for the September 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.
  • TIP: 15-20% off and Free shipping codes are regularly available on-line or via mail — look for one before you buy.