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Re: Target sales
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Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:59:10 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
> Any idea how long it takes for Target to roll out their post-Christmas sales?
All my comments are based on my own observations; YMMV of course! I don't have
as much time as I used to to check out the clearance aisles.
From what I've seen, this year is a prime example of how things keep changing.
For the last few years the pattern at Target seemed to be to start clearancing
Lego at about 25% off even a few days before Christmas, then drop to 50%ish a
week or so after Christmas and to 75%ish a week or two after that. This year so
far they seem to have put only a handful of sets at 30%ish off - nowhere near
the same quantity of model numbers as in the past (as Bruce observed, the
"obvious" clearance stuff is still sitting there at full price).
A similar pattern has taken place at other retailers. Last year Meijers had
clearance stuff before Christmas and immediately cut most of it again after
Christmas. This year they had only a handful of junk on clearance before
Christmas and it just continued to sit there at the same discount afterwards.
Wal-mart put their stuff at 25-30% off and AFAIK it's been sitting at that ever
since.
At least here in the Minneapolis metro area, I've seen only a minimal amount of
Lego clearance items. Either they didn't have the set quantities left to
discount (inventory control is getting better?), the e-bay resellers are buying
in quantity at the 25-30% off level instead of waiting for 50-75% (unlikely), or
the stores are just pushing the clearances later. At any rate, it's been a
really lousy year for clearance Lego so far. I hope the rest of you have had
better luck. :)
Steve
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| (...) I think it is their improving inventory control. They probably realized they have to tighten up in order to be competitive with Walmart, which I understand has a running inventory update and automatic reordering as items go through the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| Hi all, Any idea how long it takes for Target to roll out their post-Christmas sales? I went to one Target after work last Friday and it looked like a bomb had hit. I had obviously just missed it--people were digging through the few remaining items (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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