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Clark Howard: Get your Christmas shopping done early this year

If you normally leave your holiday shopping until the last minute, WOKV’s Consumer Warrior Clark Howard says this is not a good year to do that.

“This is different than every other Christmas of my lifetime. You want to shop Christmas extra, extra early this year. Finish your shopping no later than the end of November, because retailers are front loading all their discounts,” says Howard.

Howard says if you wait until December, shopping will be much more expensive.

If you’re worried about the ability to make gift returns, Howard says that shouldn’t be an issue.

“So normally, if you bought somebody something way ahead of time, you’d outrun the time period where you could return it. But this year, pretty much every retailer is allowing items purchased for Christmas, October or later, to be returned up to a date in January. So, you don’t have to worry about normal return cycles,” Howard explains.

But if you don’t have the money for gifts this year, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Howard says there are always other ways you can express your love for somebody else.

Get more consumer news and advice from Clark Howard in his latest on-demand podcasts.


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