A Series of Surprises from The Children's Place

The Children's Place is trying to reel you in! They recently launched the site: thechildrensplacecoupons.com where you can get a printable coupon for 15% off your entire purchase (or online, using code K6999). The coupon is reusable for any purchase made through November 16th of this year. When that coupon expires, TCP wants you to know they haven't forgotten about you!

Stop in to any The Children's Place store now and pick up a VIP Passbook. The Passbook includes another coupon for 15% off all your in-store or online purchases from November 17th to November 30th (excluding Black Friday sales). Another coupon gives you 30% off any single item at regular price (in-store only) from December 1st through the 24th. Also included are several Black Friday deal teasers:

• Some stores opening at midnight or 5 am
• Free shipping on all online orders Thursday, Nov. 26th and Monday, Nov. 30th
• Early, early bird savings (unspecified) on Wednesday, Nov. 25th online using the code EARLYBIRD9

Details of the Black Friday sale are to be announced on their Facebook page on Wednesday, November 25th, after 12 pm Eastern.

Want more discounts? These are also outlined:

• Nov. 30th-Dec. 7th, get a free snowman kit with your purchase of $30 or more.
• Dec. 8th-Dec. 14th, get $5 off any regularly-priced pair of denim (excluding newborn)
• Dec. 15th-Dec. 24th, get a watch for just $5 with any purchase $30 or more.
• Nov. 17th-Dec.24th, purchase $40 or more in gift cards, get a $10 coupon.

Finally, TCP is running an awesome sweepstakes! Check out WinAWardrobeSweeps.com to enter for a new wardrobe from TCP! First place is a $2010 wardrobe. Second Prize is a $200 gift card; Third Prize is a $100 gift card; and Fourth Prize is a $50 gift card.

For all things The Children's Place, holiday shopping, and kids clothes, check out our forum (it's free!) and to get FMC news delivered straight to you, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

Happy Shopping!

-The FMC Team

J&J Line Names, Next Line and an Upcoming Sale- Exclusive Info Here!

New lines are coming out a week from today: Sunday, April 5th. We've seen the SKUs, and now we know the line names:

Boy: World Traveler
Girl: Butterfly Garden
Layette Boy: Neighborhood Charm
Layette Girl: Summer Picnic

Look forward to new SKUs coming soon- the following line releases April 26th. That date will release a Summer Cap line AND a swim line- so possibly some of the SKUs we saw recently will be in there as well. No line names yet.

Lastly, don't feel down if you missed F&F because the Spring Sale starts April 2nd! No info yet on what the discount will be or how long it's going to run. I expect J&J will tell us about that in the next few days

The Big Sale Weekend...and some news about Janie & Jack Easter release date

As we've seen the last few months, tough economic times bring great deals for shoppers. The volume of fantastic sales this week is near overwhelming. There really is something from each brand and for every budget. Here is a quick rundown:

Gymboree is offering an extra 20% all previously reduced merchandise (not including Baby Sale items). Baby Sale is also still going on with price points of $10 and $20 for lines in Baby Girl, Baby Boy and Layette.

Crazy8 is also running a Baby Sale, but with lower price points ($4.99; $9.99 and $15.99). Their President's Day Sale boasts markdowns as low as $3.99 all weekend.

Janie & Jack is offering 20% off all sale items this weekend.

Gap is running a promotion of Buy 1 Get 1 Half Off on all denim. That sale is expected to last through next week.

Old Navy is running their Kids, Baby & Maternity sale with discounts up to 40% off. Maternity Sale is online only. Sweeten the deal with free shipping when you use the code: BABYMAT. Going in store? Ask at the registers for the Valentine cards for kids- When your child colors the one to Old Navy and returns it, they will be given a $5 off coupon!

Pumpkin Patch is promoting an additional 20% off clearance items as well as a Valentine Sweepstakes in store! Fill out the sweepstakes by February 16th for a chance to win a $100 gift card.

Naartjie is doing their Kid's Cash promotion- Purchase $50 worth of merchandise and get $20 off another $50 purchase during their redemption period. The online store has free shipping on orders over $75, but you should try a store if you have one close to you- They just did AMAZING markdowns on all clearanced Spring Transition items!

Jacadi stores are not having a President's Day Sale, but they are offering an additional 20% off of already half priced winter merchandise.

The Children's Place is in their last week of the Monster Sale where previously reduced merchandise has been priced at price points of $4.99 and $5.99. However, staff this weekend is packaging up the merchandise and sending it to the outlets, so if you're going to go, go now!

Speaking of Outlets, The Children's Place Outlet is offering a sale of $4.99 for selected big boy and big girl items and $2.99 and $3.99 on baby items.

Gap Outlet is still holding their $10, $15 and $20 sale through the weekend. Expect the Baby Sale next Friday, the 20th with discounts of 20-40% off baby merchandise.

Gymboree Outlet has done some new markdowns on Spring 1 and older. New lines are coming into store Monday and will be including Aviator and Ice Cream Social. These lines WILL be included in the current Baby Sale which ends on the 22nd.

Janie & Jack Outlet is not offering a President's Day Sale, but they still have Season Finale merchandise available.

Finally, we have a release date for the beautiful Janie & Jack Easter lines everyone's been checking out on FMC for weeks. Those lines will be in store on Monday, February 23rd.

Happy shopping!
-The FMC Team

Another Day, Two New SALES

Today marks the start of Baby Sale- One of Gymboree's biggest and most popular sales of the year. All baby items regularly $22.75-$39 are now $20 and all baby items regularly priced $12.75- $19.75 are now $10. On top of that, rumor has it that tonight will be BIG markdowns on past season's merchandise. And if you're lucky enough to get Gymboree's mailers, then you also get a coupon for 20% off your entire purchase!

This week The Children's Place has also begun a monster sale on all clearance merchandise- 50% off the already reduced prices! One shopper found boy's hoodies as low as $5.99, girl's sweaters for $4.99, and baby clothes as low as $1 each.

It's the end of the season and the retailers NEED this stuff out!

Happy Shopping!
-The FMC Team

J&J Boys Lines are UP!

Phase One of our Janie & Jack boys archive is complete and up on FMC! The pictures date back to the Fall of 2006. Earlier lines to come soon!

And J&J fans, don't forget that Forever Friends and Floral Spring hit the stores tomorrow! For boys, the theme is hippos and girls is peach and lavendar floral patterened. Check out the pics in the J&J Preview!

This week in sale news: look for small markdowns at Janie & Jack tomorrow and big markdowns at Gymbo Tuesday night in anticipation of Baby Sale on Wednesday!

Happy shopping everyone!
-FMC

A Big Week for Sales!!

The boards were a buzz earlier this week with the surprise announcement that Gymboree was having an unprecedented $2.99/$4.99 sale on merchandise that had JUST come out. Whatever the reason behind the sale, people have been taking advantage and stocking up with Summer must haves!

Just as the buzz of the sale began to quiet down, came news of a similar sale from Janie & Jack. Tomorrow morning, Friday, January 30, 2009, Janie & Jack stores will be having markdowns of older merchandise down to $3.99! This sale is only for Friday and Saturday only, so HURRY! This information came courtesy of Ash's Closet (an AWESOME eBay seller.).

Crazy8 has also announced a $3.99 sale on hundreds of items. A quick check of their website shows accessories coming in even cheaper- some at $2.99 and even $1.99.

This is a great week for shopping! I hope everyone is out finding great deals!

Happy Shopping,
- The FMC Team