Retailers to roll out huge after
Some retailers will open their doors on Thursday at 5 a.m. and offer big after-Christmas sales. (Photo: Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images)
Ho-ho-humph. For skeptics of holiday hype, here comes the last holiday sale of 2013.
For all the holding off and cutting back that consumers have been doing, retailers are hoping for a huge after-Christmas surge. But, once again, they may be disappointed. That, however, is not going to stop retailers - from Walmart to Macy's to Target - from giving one last Santa-approved surge of after-Christmas deals.
For an early start, some online sales, including at Target.com and Kohls.com, start on Christmas Day. And for sales die-hards, many Walmart and Kohl's stores will open on Thursday by 5 a.m.
'This is an especially big time for people who got gift cards to come and spend on what they didn't get for Christmas,' says Sarah McKinney, a Walmart spokeswoman. Indeed, it's the single most popular day to redeem Target gift cards, says spokesman Antoine LaFromboise.
Among Thursday's biggest sales incentives and retail deals:
* Buy one, get one free. Macy's rolls out buy one, get one free deals on many men's dress shirts and designer suits, says spokeswoman Elina Kazan.
* Cheap appliances. Sears is offering up to 40% off on appliances for shoppers who use their Sears card to purchase appliances over $499, says spokesman Brian Hanover.
* Free Gas. Kmart is offering its 'Shop Your Way' members 50 cents per gallon gas discounts when they spend $25 or more on specific Procter & Gamble products.
* Half-price toys. Target, hit by a credit card and debit card breach that affected up to 40 million consumers, plans sales of up to 50% off select toys and 40% off thousands of apparel items. The sales have no relation to and were not affected by the data breach, says LaFromboise.
* Items 25% to 50% off. Walmart stores will have 'thousands' of items at 25% to 50% off, says McKinney. Among them: a Nintendo 3DS XL System for $199.96 - plus a $50 Walmart gift card, with purchase.
* $10 coupons. J.C. Penney will offer coupons for $10 off purchases of $25 of more in a Christmas Day circular and also a coupon that can be printed from its website. The coupons are good through Dec. 28, says spokeswoman Daphne Availa.
* Hot toy deals. Buy one, get one 40% off on some red-hot toys, including Skylanders figures and accessories, at Toys R Us, through New Year's Day. The same offer applies to all video games. The post-Christmas deals are three days longer than last year, says spokeswoman Linda DeNotaris.
* Big incentives. At Kohl's, shoppers who spend under $100 will save an additional 15% off nearly everything in the store, while those who spend over $100 will save an additional 20%, says spokeswoman Jen Johnson.
* 33% off men's wear. Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale for men, which reduces prices as much as 33%, begins online Dec. 25 and in stores Dec. 26, says spokesman John Bailey.
HOLIDAY SALES BY THE NUMBERS
3.9%: Percentage the National Retail Federation still expects 2013 holiday sales to increase
Down 3.5%: Weekly in-store retail sales decline from Dec. 16 through 22 according to ShopperTrak
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