Kohl’s is selling off as much merchandise as possible, with items going as low as 80% off regular retail. This includes men’s fleece and sweaters to 80% off, Columbia™ Auto Light, normally $20.00, now over half off at $8.00, and plenty of Juniors and Misses clothing at over half off. Time to think of next year’s Christmas presents?

After the past holiday shopping, Macy’s has decided to board up eleven stores. Here they are:

The locations of stores affected:

• Ernst & Young Plaza (Citicorp Plaza), Los Angeles (135,000 square feet; 136 employees; opened in 1986).

• The Citadel, Colorado Springs, Colo. (195,000 square feet; 105 employees; opened in 1984).

• Westminster Mall, Westminster, Colo. (156,000 square feet; 110 employees; opened in 1986).

• Palm Beach Mall, West Palm Beach, Fla. (190,000 square feet; 71 employees; opened in 1979).

• Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Island of Hawaii (3,000 square feet; three employees; opened in 1983).

• Lafayette Square, Indianapolis (160,000 square feet; 84 employees; opened in 1974).

• Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center, Minn. (195,000 square feet; 72 employees; opened in 1966).

• Crestwood Mall, St. Louis (166,000 square feet; 176 employees; opened in 1969).

• Natrona Heights Plaza, Natrona Heights, Pa. (73,000 square feet; 124 employees; opened in 1956).

• Century III Furniture and Clearance, West Mifflin, Pa. (83,000 square feet; three employees; opened in 2000).

• Bellevue Center, Nashville, Tenn. (211,000 square feet; 76 employees; opened in 1990).

You save at least 40% at Linens ‘n Things as operations slow down.

Some great deals include Avery Spice 3-Piece Reversible Quilt Set for $11.99 and a Set of 4 Brushed Steel Lamps(at right), originally $199.99, now $99.99

Macy’s continues their clearance sale after the holidays with some terrific deals. Check out the savings in handbags were you can find over 50% savings. Such as Steve Madden “Diana” Flap Clutch and Charter Club Stitched-Corners Clutch Wallet.

Retailers continue to mark down their products as signs of the past disaster Holiday Season. I’m going to try to keep an eye out for major markdowns in electronics, although Best Buy and Amazon seemed to have a pretty good holiday.

Hickory Farms usually has a closeout sale after the Holidays, but this time it seems to be bigger. Check out the massive savings on Gift Boxes and Sausages.

The Parent Company had a terrible Holiday season, so bad in fact that it has filed Chapter 11 Bankruptsy. The Parent Co. (NASDAQ:KIDS), announced Sunday that it and nine of its subsidiaries, including eToys.com, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. eToys.com was of course on the internet darlings back in the day. And they were actually doing ok until this year.

Right now you can save over half, and up to 80% on some pretty popular toys at their website.