The Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores are merging and a bunch of stores are going to be closed as a result, see if yours is one of them (mine was ): http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/28/news/fortune500/federated_macys/table.html edit: So it occured to me I should post the deal part: At the RM near me, the entire store is 20-40% off the lowest ticketed price (many things are clearance priced), including things that don't normally ever go on sale, though I'm not sure about the cosmetics stuff. An employee told me that they're closing in March and are supposed to sell everything in the store before then, so I would expect stuff to keep going down in price. IMPORTANT NOTE: Because the stores are closing, all sales are final, so there are no returns!