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Halfway to Black Friday! Black Friday is exactly 6 months from today. Start the hype lol

Expect an official announcement of the date in about a week. Expect the sale to start a few weeks after that....

Down to 45 members. Lost one last month.

From the article: "When asked about the Prime Day timing, CFO Brian Olsavsky said on a call with investors: “In many areas, July is vacation month, so it might be better for customers, sellers and vendors to experiment with a different time period. We believe that it might be better timing later in [the second quarter], so that’s what we’re testing this year.” I think that's a pretty legit reason. There have been times when I was on vacation in July and had to "waste" 1-2 days running the site for a Prime Day sale.

Update: press release is out: https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/prime-day-arrives-june-21-22-two-days-epic-savings-more-2 A little earlier than previous years. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/amazon-amzn-earnings-q1-2021.html

Down to 46 members. Happy April

With 4 days left in the month, everyone is in except for: chachn8r laddhorn len_mullen

I did a little experiment and made a few additional Kohls.com accounts and added my Kohl's Charge as a payment method on each. A couple of those other accounts received 30% codes via email this morning that are different from the code that my main account received (the rest received 15%/20%). So that might be an option to increase your odds of receiving a 30% code - have multiple Kohl's accounts with your Kohl's Charge added. Therefore I have 2 extra 30% codes good for 10 uses each so if anyone needs one, send me a PM.

Little update: Got the latest 30% code in the mail today (starts the 25th) and the codes are now good for 10 uses instead of 5.

Disney closing at least 20% of its retail stores, will focus on e-commerce more https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/03/disney-shuttering-at-least-20percent-of-disney-stores-as-it-shifts-focus-to-e-commerce.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.PostToTwitter

48 of 50 members have posted this month. bribri25 and deelite are in danger of dropping out if they don't post today.

RIP Fry’s Electronics https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/24/22298616/frys-electronics-going-out-of-business

Apparently code FEB30CRC works for 30% off...

If they continue the mystery codes, sure.

For now let's just use this thread. If anyone has a 20% or 30% code they won't be using all 5 uses for, post here and anyone interested can PM you about it. Don't post the codes in the thread - keep it in PMs so lurkers don't take them.

Got this from Kohl's today: Kohl’s is testing something new with the upcoming February Credit Event. Kohl's Cardholders will now receive an unique code by email and in their mobile wallet with their 30%, 20% or 15% off with Kohl’s Card offer. This offer code can be used 5 times from 2/5-2/15. We will not have a general 30% off code to promote. Please direct customers to look for their unique offer code in their mobile wallets when checking out. This will run similar to our Mystery Offer. Please also try to keep customers from posting their unique codes as we do not want other customers having poor experiences with expired codes. -- So it sounds like the days of using the 30% off code even if you weren't mailed the 30% are over, at least for now. They are probably going to see how that affects sales and if those who didn't get a 30% just won't buy anything instead of using their lower-% coupons. It looks like you are able to add codes sent to other people to your Kohl's Wallet so if you know someone who gets a 30%, they can share the code with you and it appears both of you can use it (up to the max 5 times total). If there is interest we could set up a thread where those who have "extra" uses of their 30% code that they won't be using could let the rest of the forum know and those interested could PM them to get the code in case they didn't get a 30% this time. Update: For now let's just use this thread. If anyone has a 20% or 30% code they won't be using all 5 uses for, post here and anyone interested can PM you about it. Don't post the codes in the thread - keep it in PMs so lurkers don't take them.

Happy February! We're now down to 50 members. Say goodbye to kellis4321, rocky41102, Stowasser and tiggerroth who did not post during January.

The two Toys R Us stores that opened for the 2019 holidays have closed: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/toys-r-us-last-two-stores-in-the-us-are-reportedly-closed-for-good.html

Bankruptcy for Belk https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/26/department-store-retailer-belk-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy.html

With a week to go, these members are in jeopardy of leaving the prize club: bribri25 Doresia kellis4321 len_mullen rocky41102 stationchief Stowasser tiggerroth

Target will be closed on Thanksgiving Day https://corporate.target.com/article/2021/01/holiday-2020 “We also closed our stores on Thanksgiving Day in order to minimize crowds and help our guests take the stress out of getting the best deals of the season. The response was so positive that we’ll carry it forward this year, keeping our Target stores closed all day long on Thanksgiving Day.” Edit: Dick's Sporting Goods has made a similar announcement.

Family Video to close all stores: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pandemic-kills-off-family-video-chain-to-close-remaining-stores/

Guessing we’ll need another one of these this year Macy’s to close another 45 stores: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/macys-to-close-another-45-stores-this-year-11609895512 43 Bed Bath & Beyond stores to close: https://www.abc12.com/2021/01/06/43-bed-bath-beyond-stores-to-close-in-coming-weeks/

Only 329 days to go As you can see the 2020 BF threads have been archived and as we've done in recent years there is this year-round BF forum to discuss any store closings and other news that could affect BF 2021. Black Friday will fall on November 26th this year.

Down to 54 members. These members have dropped out: biomajor budgetsRsexy Iliveforblckfri Jeanne515 littlefire04 redraccoon