Steals of the week — September 22, 2026

The banner says today only. The terms behind it say the offer runs September 21 to 23. Those cannot both be true, and we are not going to pick the flattering one: shop it as if it ends tonight, and treat Wednesday as a bonus if the page still shows it. Fifty per cent off markdowns — not off full price, off the already-reduced rail — is a much bigger number than the extra 25% Chico’s was running last week, and it is online only, so there is no point driving to a boutique for it. The travel knits and the wide-leg trousers are where this brand is worth buying; the “styles starting at $39” banner beside it is a different, shallower offer.

That is a full weekend to think, which is rare for this retailer — we have watched its sale number change three times in a fortnight. Two useful companions on the same banner. The 30% off tops and sweaters runs to the same deadline and applies to full-price knitwear, so it is the one to use for autumn pieces rather than summer leftovers. The “steals starting at $20” rail ends earlier, on Friday. As always here, this is an extra on top of a marked-down price, so the only number that counts is the one in the bag.

White House Black Market sells the going-out and the office-dressy end of this market — the black trousers, the blazers, the occasion dresses — and those almost never sit in a sale section while they are still in season. A week ago this store’s whole banner expired the same day we read it, which is why it did not make the last edition; this time the terms give it until Sunday the 27th. The up-to-50% sale rail beside it is the usual markdown pile and will not combine with the 30%, so work out which side of the store you are shopping before you fill the bag.

This week the 40% has moved to clearance, which is deeper stock, and it runs until the 28th — the longest deadline on this page that is not J.Jill. Worth understanding the split before you shop, because Lane Bryant is running three offers with the same end date and they do not stack. The extra 40% is for clearance. The buy-one-get-one 50% is for full-price clothing, accessories, sleep and bras. The doorbuster shoes are their own thing at 50%. The BOGO is the better arithmetic only if you were buying two pieces anyway; for one piece, clearance at an extra 40% wins easily. Everything here closes at 11:59 PM Pacific, which is three hours of grace over the East Coast deadlines elsewhere on this page.

It is a range with a floor: 40 to 70 per cent, which tells you the shallow end of the rail is still 40% off, where “up to 75%” told you only about the single best item in the store. It also has an end date now, the 28th. The extra 10% for everyone else is automatic on the banner’s reading; the 15% needs the card and the code GFCARD, which we did not test. The 50% off denim running alongside is the pick inside the pick — Gap Factory jeans at half off are the cheapest credible denim on this page. Exclusions apply, and at this store they usually mean the licensed and clearance-tagged stock.

It is the page’s slow lane. Nothing about the discount will improve by waiting, and nothing will expire either — what runs out here is the size run, not the offer. If you circled something in J.Jill’s sale in September and talked yourself out of it, it is still there at the same terms, and probably in fewer sizes.

That rewards the opposite behaviour to most of this page — put the most expensive thing you want first, because the 40% lands on one item and you want it on the blazer, not on the tee. The banner also says the 30% includes markdowns, which is unusual; most stores fence their codes off from already-reduced stock. Our standard limit applies to the code: we read FALL40 on Talbots’ own banner today and did not test it in a cart, so it is verified to exist, not verified to work on what you picked. No end date is published, and the detail terms behind the banner would not load for us, so we cannot give you one.

Last week it was an extra 60% off clearance only; this week it is an extra 50% across all sale, plus 50% off a selected full-price group, both under the same code. Shallower on the clearance rail, wider everywhere else. For sizes 14 to 32 this remains the deepest code we can find week after week, which is why it keeps its place. Same limit as always: read on ELOQUII’s own site today, not tested in a cart. No end date is published, so treat it as live until the banner changes, which at this store is roughly weekly.