Black Friday: Take Two

If you have any money left over after Black Friday, retailers are back to claim what’s left of your paycheck. That’s right, they have found yet another way to suck in the huddled masses…give it up for CYBER MONDAY! Apparently they coined the phrase Cyber Monday (the Monday immediately following black Friday) approx. 4 or 5 years ago. I guess I have had my head up my @$$ because I was totally unaware of this phenomenon. Better late than never I suppose. Critics have scoffed at Cyber Monday,claiming they’ve seen no unusually high traffic on sites on any one day of the holiday shopping season. However, I think it’s marketing genius!  Any time shoppers perceive any additional savings, they will purchase.  If you discount it, they will come!  All the people who were too full from Thanksgiving (me), too lazy to fight the crowds (me), and just plain over the hype (me again), can now reenact black Friday with the click of a mouse.

I vowed to do my part to stimulate the economy…so here are some Cyber Monday sales for you good folks:

Barney’s New York - Up to 40% off sale
http://www.barneys.com/

Nordstrom - up to 50% off Half Yearly Sale for Women + free shipping on orders of $100 or more
http://shop.nordstrom.com/

Net-a-Porter - End of Season Sale 30-50% off
http://www.netaporter.com/shop/Sale

Shop Bop - Spend $300 take $50 off + free shipping
http://www.shopbop.com/

Tory Burch - 30% off orders of $300 or more + limited edition cheetah tote w/ purchase
http://www.toryburch.com/toryburch

Kate Spade - 20% off all sale items + free shipping
http://www.katespade.com/home/index.jsp

BCBGMAXAZRIA - 30% off
http://www.bcbg.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3337885

Ann Taylor - 40% off your ENTIRE purchase + free shipping on orders of $100 or more
http://www.anntaylor.com/

Banana Republic, Piperlime, Gap, Old Navy - 20% off + free shipping
http://bananarepublic.gap.com/

The Limited - 40% off everything + free shipping
http://www.thelimited.com/

Happy shopping!