Consequently, retailers are reporting a steep jump in inventory levels from a year ago from a mix of items not selling and supply chain delays easing. Retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and more now face a glut of inventory as inflation-squeezed shoppers are making fewer discretionary purchases due to the rising prices of gas and groceries. As pressured have eased in 2022, inventories have surged to record levels…right as consumer spending started to shift to services. That resulted in businesses ordering more and merchandise, much of which wasn’t arriving in a timely manner. This is something we’ve mentioned before when discussing a sudden spike in discounts (including on merchandise at Walt Disney World and Disneyland), and it’s known as the bullwhip effect.įor the last two years, retailers could barely keep items in stock due to record consumer spending and supply chain disruptions.
Amazon’s unstated goal is to undercut its competitors, moving forward the shopping season in an effort to move excess inventory. Like Prime Day was Amazon’s “Christmas (shopping) in July” sale, this is the company’s “Holiday Headstart” deal days.
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(If you’re not already a member, click here for a FREE 30-day Amazon Prime trial membership that allows you to take advantage of these deals!) Hence the “Early Access” name–it’s a headstart on Cyber Monday sales exclusively for Prime subscribers. This is Amazon Prime Early Access, which is essentially a bridge between the last sale and the holiday shopping season. If you feel like you’re having déjà vu all over again, that’s because Amazon Prime Day already happened this summer.
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This post rounds up the best deals during Amazon’s “Christmas Before Halloween” deal days for your Walt Disney World vacations, plus products that will make great gifts for yourself or others. Shadow and Bone- Leigh Bardugo ( Early Access Sale is Amazon’s new “epic” two-day deal event starting October 11, and promising holiday shopping season discounts over a month before Black Friday or Cyber Monday.Review: “Shadow & Bone” by Leigh Bardugo ().Gwen’s Thoughts on Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ().Thoughts on Two Trilogies I Loved Reading ().Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1), by Leigh Bardvgo ().My post on Shadow and Bone, book one of the Grisha series, can be found here. Violence: An animal is killed, dark fighting scenes where people are killed, strange mystical animals that kill humans.Sex: At least one somewhat steamy kissing scene.It’s a great bridge book and definitely worth the read to get to book three, Ruin and Rising (review coming tomorrow!).
Of the three books in this series, I liked this one the least, but I still did like it. I really enjoyed the new characters that Bardugo introduces in this book, especially Nikolai. I felt the discomfort and fear that Alina expressed, as well the confusion about her duty versus her obsession with her new and unrealized power. Especially as Alina becomes Sankta Alina in the eyes of the commoners. As her power and supporters grow, Alina seems to slip further away from Mal despite her longing to be near him.īardugo does a great job developing Alina’s character in Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy). With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the Little Palace and what’s left of the Second Army. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and he’s still anxious to join his darkness with Alina’s light to rule all of Ravka. For Alina, running away from her past and what seems to be her destiny becomes futile. Despite Alina and Mal’s efforts to flee and disappear into an unfamiliar land, far away from the Darkling’s power, they find that making a new life together is not as easy as they’d hoped.
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