Holiday Shopping: 2013 Fourth Of July Sales And Deals

Celebrate the after-Fourth of July holiday with sales, deals and offers retailers are using to lure you inside their stores through Sunday, July 7.

• Kohl's posted its offer on Facebook, featuring 15 percent off everything, in store and online, with code FUN15FB. Click the notiice on the store's Facebook page and get an email offer.

• Welcome back Friday skating at Skateland of Brandon, open through 3:30 p.m., admission $6, rentals extra. New inlines for only $3.00. Check Facebook notice.

• July 4th sale under way at Macy's. Three-day specials end Sunday, July 7. Extra 25 percent off clearance items. Furniture and mattress sale, "lowest prices of the season." Shoe sale and clearance (20 to 50 percent off); swimwear sale (25-50 percent off), extra savings and some exclusions and restrictions may apply. See online ad notices. Also, online shopping deals, including 15 percent off and free shipping on orders of $99 or more. (Promo code: JULY)

• "Deal Today, Gone Tomorrow" at Best Buy, where the "sparkling 4-day sale" ends Saturday, July 6. In-store clearance and open-box items posted online with ZIP code search.

• Three-day specials at JCPenney, through Friday, July 5. Online and in-store, through July 7, extra 20 percent certain items, extra 10 percent off furniture and mattresses, with promo code "STARS" online and at checkout. See JCPenney online for exclusions and other deals and offers. JCPenney is at the Westfield Brandon shopping mall.

• Holiday weekend sale at Stein Mart, through Sunday, July 7. Includes an extra 40 percent off red-dot clearance items with coupon. Stein Mart is in the Lithia Crossings shopping center in Valrico.

• Storewide clearance sale through Saturday, July 6, at Michaels arts and crafts store at the Regency Square shopping center in Brandon. Up to 80 percent off spring and summer items, an additional 50 percent off red-tag items, additional 25 percent off blue-tag items (all excluding yarn clearance). Check online for details.

• July 4th savings event at Staples. Choose your offer with online coupons: 20 percent off any one item in the store, $10 off any online or phone order of $100 or more, some exclusions apply. Good through Sunday, July 7. Get coupons online.

• All major appliances on sale at hhgregg and more, with extended holiday shopping hours (Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.). Online details.

• Fourth of July sale ends Saturday, July 6, at Kmart. Summer swimwear for the family, up to 50 percent off. Online savings for patio furniture (extra 10 percent off); pools, chemicals and accessories (extra 5 percent off); grills (extra 5 percent off); and swing sets, trampolines and outdoor play (extra 5 percent off).

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