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JoAnn files for bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/15/business/joann-bankruptcy/index.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/kohls-closing-stores-list-april-2025 Kohl's closing 27 stores by April. I'm guessing there will be more than that before the year is done.

Thread moved to 2025 subforum

Only 331 days to go The threads for this year have been archived so if anyone wants to start a new "never-ending BF story" thread (or any other thread), feel free to post it in this forum.

Our annual thread to discuss store closures, bankruptcies and other not-so-fun stuff.

The club lost 10 members who didn't post in December. Down to 46. Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas, GDers

Big Lots and Party City both closing all of their stores. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/big-lots-closures-sales/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/party-city-shut-down/index.html

I just conducted the random drawing from the 1,519 eligible entries and the 2 winners are... Bopeep (post ID #1569649 from the Amazon Black Friday Sale thread) ytmomof4 (post ID #1569019 from the Disney+ Deals on Black Friday? thread) Congrats to the two winners and be sure to check your messages to claim your prize.

I installed a minor update yesterday to the forum software which screwed something up and now we're getting layout issues. While I troubleshoot it you may see the forum look very strange or some things not work. Rest assured we're aware of it so no need to report it. I postponed the update until after BF/CM for this exact reason and that's looking like a smart decision

Just for the record, here is the list: Total: 56 abentley amdskip berry1014 BFAddict716 BFGirl bluebear bodotdot Bopeep bossy1 bribri25 Cargirl cllehto connieh Cubsfan23 deelite freesia39 Gator Pam gatorburg giz HanShotFirst Hartcollectibles hillbillyswife HomeinKS Hubbalance ilikefree Illinoismom ISU ME Jeanne515 jesusluvu jstluvem Kanyon71 Kash kellis4321 kimpooh19 len_mullen lucyismycat magickallight mcwalker mgreen momlori morningshopper mrsPookie msyves packratfamily Ravenmaniac riven3d rockpzazz setlok73 speeddiva stacya starbeck96 stationchief tinkrbel tracy0504 wittenlover ytmomof4 If you aren't in the list, the script I use doesn't see a post in this thread from you during November.

Prize Club is closed with 56 members to start. Good luck to everyone!

Went to a pretty large mall around 10. Not super busy but still busier than a normal weekend. Busiest store seemed to be Bath & Body Works. Went to Target around 11. Was pretty dead. Not surprising since their deals have been available since Sunday.

New deals: https://www.walmart.com/shop/deals/new-deals?

54 members with under 72 hours to sign up before the club is closed to new members.

Sale is up: https://www.samsclub.com/b/black-friday/4820109?mid=2024_blackfridaylp_banner_shopall_live

Doorbuster deals are now up: https://www.kohls.com/catalog.jsp?CN=Assortment:Black Friday Doorbusters&BL=y&icid=hpmf-hero-z4-bfdb-shopalldb

Doorbusters available online to logged-in rewards members: https://www.lowes.com/pl/Doorbusters/1911357504549

I posted about that about a week ago in this thread. Another drop on Friday night as well.

Shop the sale: https://gottadeal.com/sale/sams-club-black-friday-sale No scans because they couldn't be bothered to make one this year. Plus members can access most of the deals now: https://www.samsclub.com/b/black-friday/4820109

I think I saw that you can also add Starz to it for another buck per month.

Shop the sale: https://gottadeal.com/sale/home-depot-black-friday-sale Scans: https://gottadeal.com/scans/home-depot-black-friday-sale home-depot-black-friday-sale.pdf

Shop the sale: https://www.lowes.com Scans: https://gottadeal.com/scans/lowes-black-friday-sale lowes-black-friday-sale.pdf

Scans: https://gottadeal.com/scans/menards-black-friday-sale menards-black-friday-sale.pdf

I just received Menards and Farm & Fleet in the mail today. Will take pics and get them up on the site soon.