Benefit From After Christmas Sales

Are you going to benefit from after Christmas sales?

After Christmas sales are going to be big, big, big this year.

It use to be that Christmas was the time traders looked forward to. Don’t get me wrong the still do only now after Christmas sales are almost as important to a stores success. ShopperTrak recon that the day after Christmas is now one of the top five busiest shopping days of the holiday season.

With people watching their hard earned cash traders are beginning to become anxious. The National Retail Federation has already asked President-elect Obama to plug sales-tax-exempt shopping days next March, July and October into his economic-stimulus program. In total the public would be getting a ten day tax free holiday and argue the retailers it would increase overall consumer confidence and spending.

Here’s the type of event you should be looking out for.

JC Penney will open at 5:30 a.m., for example.

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Walmart will be open at 6 a.m. and Target opens from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Mondawmin and Towson (call to confirm the hours of your closest Target location).

Crate and Barrel also sent out a circular advertising Dec. 26 sales, according to SlickDeals.

And just like Black Friday, online retailers are trying to clear out their warehouses, particularly seasonal merchandise. Check out ...

... I found these Macys.com coupon codes to save 15 percent off from Dec. 25 through Dec. 30. The same site had BestBuy.com coupon codes as well.

And Neiman Marcus, is already slashing holiday items by 50 percent online ... but I'm still not in the market for a knit penguin and chocolate, even at the closeout price of $70.

Tony360 recommended www.cybermondaydiscountcodes.com, a list of discounts for coupon codes. Just be sure to check the expiration dates for these deals --- some of them were intended for pre-Christmas sales.

Will these sales and discounts eclipse markdowns and closeouts? We'll have to wait and see. But with the economy putting a damper on what's usually the most wonderful time of the year for retailers, the sales are likely to be fabulous.

UPDATE: Don't see your favorite store listed? Try Googling the name of the store and "coupon" or "discount" to see if it can be located elsewhere --- and come back and share the tip here!