Missed the “flash sale” at Content Clothing last week? Well, for the next few weeks, the respected etailer is offering all Choosy Beggar readers $30 in “Context Cash” for every $100 they spend — to be used on a future purchase. Keep in mind that Context Cash can’t be used on sale items, which is… Read more »

Signaling the arrival of final markdowns, we hear that Saks is now taking 75% off select S/S stock. Online, the deals don’t appear to have exceeded 55% off. Watch for Barneys — which has been taking 60% off select stock for weeks — to make the next move. Saks Fifth Avenue – 12 E 49th… Read more »

Right this minute, Blackbird is hosting its semiannual clearance sale, featuring up to 80% off tons of S/S stock from Rick Owens, Obey, Pendleton, Robert Geller, Pointer, SeaVeas, Heutchy, A.P.C., Gant Rugger, Yeketen, …

This is odd. Monday through Wednesday, 6/27-6/29, Metropolitan Pavilion is hosting a Nautica sample sale. We say odd because, in all the years we’ve been covering sales, we can’t recall ever mentioning a Nautica event. Also, despite some serious top-down executive efforts, Nautica seems to have remained a brand adrift — No distinction, direction, integrity…… Read more »

Got to give it up for Buckler, which, while hardly alone in the half-off department, is now taking a full 50% tons of S/S stock. Buckler Meatpacking – 13 Gansevoort St btwn W 13th & Hudson – 212-255-1596 – Map Buckler Soho – 93 Grand St btwn Mercer & Greene – 212-925-1711 – Map