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Frugal Friday: Summer’s Heating Up, and So Are the Sales

It’s nearly mid-July and summer is just heating up. However, in the retail world—where “back to school” merchandise is already dominating store shelves and retailers are ridding their racks of this season’s clothing—the opposite is true.

In this week’s newsletter, I told you about an upcoming can’t-miss sale at Nordstrom’s (you need to mark your calendar for this one).  Here are some of the other deals topping my list this week; get them while the bargains—and the summer—are still hot!

Anthropologie: Save an extra 20% on Summer Tag Sale items using the code BUZZ20.

J. Crew Factory: From now through July 13^th, use the promo code SALETIME to take an extra 50% off clearance merchandise during J. Crew Factory’s Clear the Clearance sale. 

Saks OFF 5^th: Take up to 50% off your order through July 15^th when you shop online and use the code 123SAVE.

Gap: Gap’s Summer Sale in on now, where you can save up to 75% off a number of items. If you’re shopping online, enter the code EXTRA to get an additional 30% off sale items.

Ralph Lauren: Through July 14^th, save an extra 30% on sale styles—for a total of up to 65% off—when you use the code SUNNY30.

Clark’s: The Semi-Annual Sale is on now at Clark’s, where you can save up to 50% on select styles.  Use the code SASE14 for an extra 20% off.

Old Navy: Now through July 13^th, thousands of items are $5 and under at Old Navy’s Summer Clearance Sale.  No promo code is required, and you can shop both in-store and online.

And the deals don’t stop here.  Check out the list below of this week’s best bargains from RetailMeNot:

American Eagle Outfitters: Save up to 20% on your next purchase when you click here to sign up for mobile phone coupons.

ThinkGeek: Now through the end of the month, get $10 off any purchase of $50 or more when you use this promo code.

Ace Hardware: Use this coupon code to get $10 off any purchase of $75 or more.

Charles Tyrwhitt: Save up to 75% during Charles Tyrwhitt’s end of season sale—plus, take an extra 10% off and get free shipping when you click here.

Melissa & Doug: Classic toys are buy one get one half-off when you use this promo code.  You’ll also get free shipping on orders of $45 or more when you punch in the code FREESHIP45 at checkout.