#retail-discounts

#retail-discounts

Consider the long weekend your wake-up call to finally shake off holiday shopping fatigue and give your closet the refresh it deserves-especially if travel is on your radar in 2026. Each of our favorite retailers, from Nordstrom to Madewell to Vuori, is hosting major sales through the long weekend, with rare markdowns on travel pieces we can't stop raving about.

Not only is Nintendo's powerful handheld readily available online and in stores, it's still $50 off for the best console bundle you can buy. The set that includes a Switch 2 and Mario Kart World is typically $499.99 (saving you $29 compared to buying the $79 game separately), but you have another - perhaps final! - chance to get it for $449.99.

If you're a Costco member, you're no stranger to a nice discount, it's one of the things that makes that $65 per year worth the cost. Even so, Costco tends to go all out for Black Friday, luring members into the warehouse with the sweet smell of discounts on game consoles, kitchen gadgets, and computers, not to mention $1.50 hot dogs.

Walmart's first Black Friday sale event ran from Friday, Nov. 14 to Sunday, Nov. 16. The main Walmart Black Friday sale started online only the week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 25-27, and then online and in stores Nov. 28-30. Walmart+ members will get early access to the Black Friday sale on Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. ET. Walmart opens at 6 a.m. local time on Black Friday.

If you're looking for a gift for Minecraft fan this holiday, Amazon and Target are offering best-ever discounts on two notable Lego sets. The 1,195-piece Minecraft Crafting Table diorama is discounted to only $72 (was $90), and the recently released 665-piece buildable Creeper figure is down to $32 (was $40). The limited-time deal on The Crafting Table is especially noteworthy because it's retiring soon.

I currently have two SodaStreams in my kitchen. The Terra and the Art. From a fizzing perspective, there's really no difference between the two - they both carbonate my water as energetically as I need them to (five pumps, if you're asking). But I have to say the design is another thing altogether - only one brings one of the most influential interior design trends to your kitchen.

Amazon Prime Day is not the only event featuring deep discounts as numerous retailers compete with exclusive promotions, including brands like Brooklinen and West Elm.