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Scans: https://gottadeal.com/scans/hallmark-dream-book-2024 Also available in PDF and on browse-able product pages on https://www.hallmark.com

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/18/business/joann-fabric-bankruptcy Joann files for bankruptcy

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-big-spring-sale-faq?ref_=pe_undef

Press release: https://corporate.target.com/press/release/2024/03/target-announces-plans-to-deliver-enhanced-shopping-experience-in-2024-and-beyond Nothing too major, mostly just re-branding of the different tiers. Target Circle: free tier, same as now except you won't have to manually add offers anymore - they'll be automatically applied at checkout Target Circle Card: formerly known as the RedCard. Same 5% discount and free 2-day shipping on most items. Target Circle 360: new paid membership, but appears to just be a re-branding of Shipt. Free same-day delivery on $35, access to other retailers via Shipt, and the same free 2-day shipping that cardholders get (this might be new for Shipt members?) We'll see if they eventually copy Walmart and have early access to Black Friday sales for certain tiers.

Macy's closing another 150 stores over the next few years https://www.marketwatch.com/story/macys-beats-earnings-expectations-and-unveils-a-bold-new-strategy-to-revitalize-the-brand-but-the-stock-falls-960dad70?mod=retail

Down to 48 members (7 dropped out in January)

GottaDEAL launched 20 years ago today on January 1, 2004.

Down to 55 prize club members.

An early happy new year's to everyone here

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

Only 335 days to go The threads for this year have been archived so if anyone wants to start a new "never-ending BF story" thread (or any other thread), feel free to post it in here.

With less than a week left in the month 52 of 59 members have posted in December.

Merry Christmas!

They have been adding new deals to their main deals page ( https://www.walmart.com/shop/deals ) and some of those are available in stores so that could be the added pallets OP was talking about.

Yeah this might not be a sale and might just be additional merchandise delivered to stores for last minute shopping.

And the winner (chosen at random via random.org) is... drum-roll please... tinkrbel The randomly selected winning post was this one in the Black Friday 2023 Countdown & Anticipation Thread. In case you're wondering, tinkrbel had 13 entries in the contest. There were 1,517 total valid entries for the contest this year (basically all non-deleted posts in this forum except for my posts and posts in the 2 prize club threads). Congrats and tinkrbel please check your PMs to claim your prize. If the prize is not claimed by January 31, 2024 it will be forfeited.

We closed November at 59 members. If you're not on this list but think you should be, let me know. Initial members: abentley angelbabymommy berry1014 BFAddict716 BFgrl79 bluebear bodotdot Bopeep bossy1 chester5 cinder cllehto Cubsfan23 dantegirl deelite Doresia Gator Pam gatorburg giz HanShotFirst HomeinKS Hubbalance ilikefree ISU ME Jeanne515 jesusluvu jstluvem Kanyon71 Kash kellis4321 kimpooh19 len_mullen ljvoskuil lucyismycat magickallight marathonshopper mcwalker mgreen missyj94 momlori MsKate msyves packratfamily Pepper_Mint_Tea Reinholt1 riven3d rockpzazz Rose0426 setlok73 Sim31 snowpup speeddiva stacya stationchief stina629 tinkrbel tracy0504 wittenlover ytmomof4

Thread on reddit saying the 13th. Maybe 13th for online and 15th for in-store like they've been doing.

56 members so far. less than a week to join!

Maybe some of you will find this useful. Here are when the bigger Black Friday sales end: Ending Friday 11/24: Amazon*, Kohl's Ending Saturday 11/25: Target, Best Buy, Macy's, Ulta, JCPenney Ending Sunday 11/26: Walmart, Sam's Club Ending Wednesday 11/29: Home Depot, Lowe's * While Amazon's BF sale technically ends tomorrow, they will likely keep most of their deals through Cyber Monday this year. All of these stores will likely start their Cyber Monday sale the very next day after their BF sale ends.

Not that hidden and in fact, even when BF is over, if you go to their main deals page, it defaults to only searching their "Deals" instead of the whole site.

As we always do, let's have this thread for you to share what deals you scored, both online and in stores, as well as any experiences you feel like sharing about the online or in-store shopping process this year. Also, if you went to any physical brick & mortar stores, let the rest of us know how that went. What day, which store(s), how big were the crowds, etc.

If you go to the main BF page: https://www.amazon.com/blackfriday it should default to searching the BF deals only. Another tip for Amazon's big sales is to look at your "buy again" page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/buyagain which shows many of the items you've ordered from Amazon in the past and it will show if those items are on sale again for BF. Obviously not useful for things you only buy once but can be useful for things you re-buy on a regular basis or something you might need to replace.

Sale is live for Plus members for the next 2 hours: https://gottadeal.com/deal/426243 Opens to everyone (and the gift card deals start) at midnight EST.

Home Depot has essentially been live since the beginning of the month. The few new deals in their BF ad (that aren't in-stores only) will probably be available after midnight PST.