There is no arguing that this is the busiest shopping season on of the year. This year, Monday was the federal Christmas day-off, which meant that more people were free to shop December 26th sales.
The New York Post (12/26/11) dove reporting on the into what’s officially known as the biggest return day.
“Dec. 26 is way better than Black Friday,” said Delilah, founder of Madison Avenue Spy, a shopping blog. “Dec. 26 is to move merchandise. It’s do-or-die for the merchants . . . They close the books and have to answer to their shareholders.”
Earlier this week, The New York Post (12/23/11) credited your favorite deal catcher with finding the best of 11th-hour pre-Christmas bargains.
Deal blogger Lila Delilah at MadisonAvenueSpy.com has been keeping an eye on the best deals — and may have gotten one of the biggest bargains at The Gap, where she got some kids’ gloves for 75 percent off.
“They had gloves, children’s mittens, for $20 and I got them for $5,” she said.
High-end stores in the fashionable shopping areas of Midtown and the Upper East Side were also boasting big bargains.
At Yves Saint Laurent, prices were down 40 percent. At Bloomingdale’s, shoppers were finding prices cut by 25 to 50 percent.
At Salvatore Ferragamo, $760 men’s dress-leather zip boots were marked down to $494.
Read more: Christmas’ Happy Return$, Sales Jingle All the Way and Taking the Fifth.
