Diesel Clothing is holding a massive 4 day Diesel Warehouse Sale with lots of Diesel, Diesel Black Gold, 55DSL and Diesel Kids to choose from.

Location: 9500 Meilleur, suite 500
corner: Louvain
Dates and Times: Nov 25 & 26: 10-9, Nov 27: 10-5, Nov 28: 12-5
www.dieselstore.ca

Smart Shoppers will enjoy my talk this Wednesday at 2 pm at the Westmount Public Library. I will be covering all kinds of ways to save money and time while shopping for clothing, household items, leisure activities and second-hand stuff. I will suggest good repairmen, interesting International food stores and specialized  stores and services you may not know about.

Please come and meet me and say hello. There will be plenty of time for you to ask me questions about shopping problems you may have.

Location: 4574 Sherbrooke West
Phone:  514 989-5299
Date: Wednesday Nov 24
www.westlib.org

Time: 2 pm

If you are heading up North on 3 weekends, you can pull your car over to Gourmet Village‘s factory sale. Gourmet items you can buy would be: hot chocolate and candy gifts, dips and dip chillers, baked brie, serving dishes, tableware and gift baskets.

Location: 539 rue Village, Morin Heights
Dates: Nov 26-28, Dec 4&5, Dec 11&12
Times: Nov 26:1-8, all other days 10-5
www.gourmetduvillage.com

You don’t have to wait for a warehouse sale to get discounts of about 60% on famous name brand snow-wear (Gusti, Innsbruck, Kid Zone, Powder Room, Auclair, Innsbruck, Deux par Deux, Louis Garneau, Liquid Boardwear, Ripzone, Gusti, Conifere), because this Chabanel location is always open to the public. Open since 1977 and in my Smart Shopping Montreal book for 25 years, the deals have always been mostly for children but men and women can buy downhill and cross country skiwear, winter outerwear and snowboarding clothing.

Besides the suits, there are Kamik boots, hats, underwear, socks, goggles and gloves.  With every purchase of a ski suit you get $20 voucher for those accessories.

Location: 9600 Meilleur, suite 920
corner: Louvain
Phone:514-381-8060
Hours: Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5
www.bradorsports.com

Raffinati has been a well-known well-made Montreal-made label for women’s (2-18) wool coats, suits, capes, raincoats and sportswear  for many years. About 3 or 4 times a year (March, June, Aug, Dec) they are clear out their stock from their Chabanel showroom including scarves and jewelry to go with all of the above.

9200 Meilleur, suite 400
corner: Chabanel
Tel: 514-327-4477
Dates:  Nov 25-Dec 1
Times: Nov 25: 10-, Nov 26-Dec 1:10-6

Homegrown company, MEGA Brands is having a seasonal warehouse sale . Besides their well-known snap together Mega Bloks, they also sell arts and crafts under the RoseArt brand. Expect prices to be 40-70% of retail for toys, puzzles,  school and office supplies, construction sets, trucks, and Board Dudes. This sale is for excess inventory and discontinued lines., you may find  some regular priced items.

Good idea: If you miss the sale at one of their locations (Ville St-Laurent, Greenfield Park or Lachenaie), you can catch the next one the following week –

Phone: 514-333-3339

Location 1: 4505 Hickmore, door 110
Dates and Times: Nov 24-26: 11-8, Nov 27: 10-4

Location 2: 3858 boul. Taschereau, Greenfield Park
Dates and Times: :  Dec 1-3:  11-8, Dec 4&5: 10-4

Location:3: Carrefour Lachenaie, 250 Montee des Pionniers
Dates and Times: Dec 8-10:  11-8, Dec 11&12: 10-4

If you miss the sale, you can catch similar deals at their headquarters’ Mega Blokswarehouse  store
Location: 4505 Hickmore, Ville St-Laurent
Hours for Store: Tues & Thurs : 12-7

The best monthly sales of linens, etc. is the one held on Louvain St. in the Chabanel area. For bedding, curtains, carpets, comforters, pillows,  shower curtains, carpets, bath towels, mats, dishcloths, oven mitts, etc.

Location: 120 Louvain
Dates and times: Fri Nov 19: 11-6;  Sat Nov 20: 8-1
www.liquideco.com

Landau Sacamoto is holding a sample sale for handbags, wallets, belts, luggage, backpacks by KGB, Hedgren, iT, Hilary Radley, Via, KGB Black Label or Studio,  Maple Leaf, Overland, California Pak, Rossetti,  and Ricardo.

Location: 400 Stinson, VSL
Phone: 514-745-7287 or 800-295-7287
Dates: Nov 22 – Nov 26: 9:30-4:30, Nov 27: 9:30-2
www.landausacamoto.ca

Intercontinental is an importer of fine crystal, silverplate, dinnerware, porcelain, Limoges, and flatware opens its doors to the public usually twice a year, now and then again in March/April, in order to clear out discontinued, mismatched inventory and items not found in regular retail channels at up to 75% off. Look for Guy Degrenne, Cristal d’Arques, Letang & Remy, BRC Studio, George Butler, Bormioli Rocco, Frabosk, Muirfield and more.

Location: 960 ave. Outremont
corner: Manseau
Tel: 514-271-1101
Dates and Times: Sun Nov 21: 9-5, Wed Nov 24: 9-5, Thur Nov 25: 9-8, Sun Nov 28: 9-5, Wed Dec 1: 9-5, Thurs Dec 2: 9-8, Sun Dec 5: 9-5

Since running a retail store is a 7-day-a-week-52-week proposition, I love the business model of Boutique Maude. They stay open the7 busiest months of the year and take a break in Dec/Jan/Feb  and June/July so that they avoid the doldrum months and then the dedicated staff all comes back re-freshed and ready for the next season.

In order to accomplish this, at the end of each season (November and May), they sell off everything in the store at 50% to 70% off and then on the last day, everything goes for 90% off.  You are still at pretty much the beginning of the season in terms of wearing the clothing, so you get to buy your wardrobe at at least half price.

So what will you find here? Suits, separates, dresses (some dressy) by Simon Chang, Cartise,  Frank Lyman, Michael Kors, Tribal, Lana Lee, Lucien Daunois, Vex, Conrad C, Tricotto, Louben, Ness Tahari,  Nueva and coats by Me-Jay, Fennelli) . For the guys, there’s a line of cool men’s dress shirts.

Another special service this store offers is evening shopping parties for 5 or more guests.

Location: 545 Hauterive, Duvernay, Laval
corner:  boul. Levesque
Phone: 450-669-8221
Hours:  Mon 10-5:30, Tues & Wed 9:30-6, Th & Fri 9:30-8, Sat 9-5
Dates: Nov 22 for 2 weeks it’s all 50%-70% off and then the big sale day is Sat Dec 11th when whatever is left is cleared at 90% off
www.boutiquemaude.com