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Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, the Hallmark Keepsake Dream Book 2018 is packed with new and exclusive ornaments and holiday decorations.
Hallmark's next scheduled ornament release date will be November 2 with the only other release date scheduled in 2018 being the unveiling at their Gift Of Memories Events beginning November 30th. Most things in the 2018 Keepsake Dream Book are available now.
As we saw in the Hallmark 2017 Holiday Book and every year before that, you can purchase an ornament to celebrate just about any event in your life. Did you celebrate a wedding in 2018? Hallmark has you covered. Is there a new baby in the family? They have that covered as well! In fact, Hallmark has a holiday ornament or decoration for just about every occasion you could imagine!
If you're an annual ornament collector and like to add to your collection each season, you may be interested in joining the Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Club for $49.99. With your membership, you will receive exclusive product shopping, insider communication and access, free trial access to Hallmark Hall of Fame and Hallmark Channel movies NOW, and more rewards and offers.
Ornaments make great hostess gifts for holiday parties and excellent teacher gifts, so Hallmark's colorful Keepsake Dream Book 2018 is definitely worth a look!
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Once the largest retailer in the nation, Sears had a whopping $134 million debt due today. They could not convince debt collectors to agree to a plan to hold off on bankruptcy after recent attempts to raise money and cover that debt failed. CEO and largest shareholder Eddie Lampert will step down immediately.
Aptly described by The New York Times as the retailer who "pioneered the strategy of selling everything to everyone," Sears was last profitable in year 2010.
The predecessor to our current toy books and Black Friday ad scans, the Sears Wishbook at one time took center stage for children creating holiday toy wishlists all over the country. Along with the Wishbook, the Sears' Craftsman line has for years been a household name with handymen and do-it-yourselfers alike. Sears sold its signature Craftsman tool brand in early 2017 to Stanley Black & Decker for roughly $900 million, according to USA Today, in order to raise cash to prevent today's ultimate downfall.
Having once employed 302,000, there are only 68,000 people working for Sears and Kmart currently, who will now be looking for work come this usually busy holiday season. Sears will close 142 Sears and Kmart stores by year's end with liquidation sales beginning soon.
Continue to check back with BFAds for updates on the timing of those Sears and Kmart store closings and what that will mean for holiday shoppers during the upcoming Black Friday shopping season.
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Big box stores have their Black Friday sale ads smothering us with brightly colored text and over-sized font. The exclamation point is the true mascot of the upcoming season. For those of us that take shelter in our homes from all of the chaos, we work hard trying to find the best deals when buying items online.
That usually entails creating watch lists, having 4 or more tabs open to compare prices, and even scouring the web for coupons. The task of buying what we need while not breaking our budgets quickly becomes an exhausting and sometimes overwhelming chore.
That's where the Ebates Cash Back Button comes into play. It automatically does the work for you, and all you have to do is click. Check out this article detailing the Cash Back Button and how to install it.
Be sure to enter here for your chance to win by 4pm CT on October 19th, 2018. A random winner will be drawn and contacted through email, so be sure to enter the one you check the most!
This year's Lego Holiday Book features over 20 new sets and offers something for everyone.
While the Lego 2017 Holiday Book was bigger at 65 pages and offered more new sets, the 2018 version still looks very similar and offers many of the same sets. Lego does have something for everyone's holiday list, including everything from cool vintage-look sets, to sets with American and International flavor, to Star Wars, Ninjago, and Disney sets. This book will definitely allow you to make a few check marks on your Lego-lover's wish list this year.
The Lego 2018 Holiday Book front page offers an Exclusive Winter Village Fire Station with 1,166 pieces and includes 6 mini-figures for $99.99. Exclusive sets are those available ONLY at shop.lego.com, the Lego catalog, and in Lego stores.
But the big exclusive find for this year is the massive Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle with over 6,000 pieces for $399.99! This one includes many extras and also 4 mini-figures. This is an intricate set for ages 16+ featuring turrets, chambers, classrooms, creatures, and even a moving staircase. We're sure this Harry Potter gift will sell out fast!
Also, are you wondering what to do with all those mini-figures included with your larger sets this year? Beginning October 15th through October 31st, Lego is offering a FREE Exclusive Mini-Figure Collector Frame with all purchases over $75! This frame is a great way to display all the collected mini-figures and is a cool addition to the line this year but is NOT available for purchase!
If you haven't already, don't forget to become a Lego VIP Member. It's FREE to join. As a member, for every $1.00 spent you receive 1 point, and 100 points = a $5.00 reward, so those rewards dollars could add up quickly. You'll also receive exclusive members-only gifts, advance access to exclusive and hard-to-find sets, entry to members-only store events, and bonus and double-points offers.
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Blain's Farm & Fleet Toyland 2018 will open Saturday, October 20th at 7AM! Offers in the Toyland Book are good from October 20th through November 4th.
If you follow Black Friday ads and pricing, as we all do, you already know about Farm & Fleet's Toyland Saturday. Some toy books and current ads have a few good deals and some even have a few REALLY good deals, but Farm & Fleet's Saturday sale is the true kickoff of GREAT deals on toys for the holiday season with their no-frills toy department shopping experience! Get in line and grab a cart because stock sells out fast, the aisles are tight, and the crowds are BIG!
From everything to large ride-ons and board games to a few of the most sought-after hottest holiday toys, Farm & Fleet usually has a large selection to choose from. They also have unusual, if not exclusive, items not seen at other retail locations, as well as the traditional large stock on hand of John Deere and farm-related finds.
Also, if you enjoy the idea of giving while you shop for the holidays, Blain's Farm & Fleet is again accepting donations of new, unwrapped toys for their "Kids Helping Kids" promotion. Toy donations customers drop off in their collection bins will be donated to kids in your local community, and Farm & Fleet will match ALL donations up to $200,000 in toys!
Again, don't miss out on this annual sale - it's an awesome way to get in the holiday spirit for 2018!
This sale runs from October 11th through October 21st. While no additional coupons or offers can be applied to their special pricing of the items in this catalog, it is a great time to pocket some Kohl's Cash along with your purchase. During this sale, you'll receive $10 Kohl's Cash for every $50 spent which you can redeem beginning October 18th. For information on hints to score additional savings while you shop, check out our How To Save Money At Kohl's article!
In this dedicated toy guide, they have a wide variety of toys from most of the usual lines every other store is carrying this year. They have standard offerings from Nerf and Hot Wheels, Barbie, Disney, American Girl, and the now-traditional Elf On The Shelf.
While the prices in this sale may not be rock bottom like we start to expect at this time of year, they are competitive or slightly lower than other stores in some cases. And, don't forget, if you buy several toys on your list and your total starts to add up, you may end up with the sale price PLUS a fistful of Kohl's Cash to spend on your next trip to Kohl's for clothes, household items, or even your next round of holiday gifts!
In early September, the company announced they would be unveiling its Top 20 Toys list as a way of celebrating the successful 1-year anniversary of opening toy shops inside each JCPenney store.
On their list are the tried-and-true favorites like a Mega Nerf Gun, a Little Tikes Basketball Hoop, and a Hatchimal Surprise.
One toy to mention that seems new throughout toy lists so far this year is the Cutetitos, which are mystery plush toys stuffed inside a burrito stuffed inside mystery packaging. There are 12 possible collectible styles, including puppitos, catitos, slothitos, pigitos, bunnitos, bearitos, and monkitos. They come with a collector card that lists your surprise's "Hot Spot" you discover on opening - a mild, medium, hot, or super spicy trait, as well as birthday, species, name, and favorite quotito. How's THAT for unique?
Along with their top toys in each store this holiday season, JCPenney will be offering scheduled events alongside the toy shops for kids with interactive creative Kids Zone Workshops, where parents receive a special 10% OFF coupon for use in-store that same day which can also be stacked on top of their sale prices.
We will be watching for JCPenney's Top 20 Toys list to become an annual release - hopefully for years to come!
Kmart has released their annual take on the hottest holiday toys for the 2018 season with their Fab 15 Toys list!
It's been about a month since Walmart, Amazon, and Target released their holiday toy scorecards for this year, and Kmart has a few duplicates to those on their list as well. One is the classic Barbie Dreamhouse, which is on almost every toy list again this year. Another is the L.O.L. Surprise! Bigger Surprise, which they have listed as "coming soon" and which BFAds also predicted will be one of 2018's Hottest Holiday Toys.
We found it interesting that Kmart is calling out some unique options this year compared to the other stores. Be sure to check out their entire list, but here are a few we thought were worth a mention if you're in the market for a toy that other shops might not be highlighting in 2018.
Also, don't forget to sign up for Kmart's Shop Your Way program. It's free to join, and you can score store coupons and earn cashback points to use on future purchases.
As the situation remains precarious regarding a potential Sears bankruptcy filing in the coming days, we're still unsure as to how this will affect Kmart stores during the crucial upcoming holiday shopping season. If there's something tops on your list at Kmart you can't live without this year, now might be the time to grab it while you can.
We are hoping to see a few more toy lists before the flood of holiday catalogs and ad scans begin, so check back with us often for more toy and gift suggestions for Black Friday 2018!
