I also find it interesting that there isn't the abundance of clearance merchandise we saw last year.
Someone on the SI board posted last year that they were blowing out trial merchandise given to them by the vendors at below wholesale to bolster the bottom line. I found that believable.
This year neither HD or Lowe's has has much in end of year bargains.
I get the feeling that inventory was run much closer to the bone therefore no surplus to blow out.
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