Whatever happened to great After-Christmas sales?

[davidhr]

Forecasting has improved substantially over the years. There’s much more data being collected helping it. Retailers and manufacturers can predict much better how much they’re going to need for the season, which means less inventory needing to be cleared after Christmas.

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[Kathryn Merteuil]

I remember "back in the day" hitting those after Christmas sales. I would always stock up for the next year(s). Now it seems that I am lucky to find what I am looking for BEFORE Christmas. Things have definitely changed. It kind of seems that Halloween stuff is the same way in recent years. I remember places like CVS you could find cool Halloween stuff for like 90% off. Of course this was "back in the day"