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When is Memorial Day 2024? All the best sales you can shop today
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Memorial Day 2024 is only a few weeks away. That means retailers are starting to trot out some of their biggest deals of the season. We’re already seeing several impressive discounts on everything from speakers, TVs and Apple goods to major appliances, robot vacuums, furniture and more.
Since there are so many sales happening ahead of Memorial Day, it can be easy to lose track of what’s on offer. That’s why we’ve put together this guide to the holiday with key dates and can’t-miss early Memorial Day deals. Mark your calendars and get ready to shop this May.
When is Memorial Day 2024?
This year, Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 27, 2024.
What are the best Memorial Day 2024 sales?
Plenty of retailers will offer deep discounts and deals for Memorial Day. However, as the holiday has yet to arrive, we’ve been rounding up some of the best deals you can shop ahead of May 27. Here are the best deals you can shop right now that we’ve curated for you.
- Best Buy is offering a wide variety of price cuts on everything from TVs to headphones as well as speakers, Apple products, smart home products and more. It’s a good time for a tech refresh by checking back at Best Buy here and there to see what the retailer is cooking up ahead of Memorial Day.
- Multiple retailers are offering pre-Memorial Day appliance deals at the moment, including Samsung, LG, Lowe’s and more. You can save up to $1,000 or more on major appliances by shopping ahead of the holiday and when it arrives.
- Get a new washer and dryer for less at retailers like Wayfair, Samsung and LG with each store’s pre-Memorial Day sales.
- Save on a variety of iRobot Roomba robot vacuums at Amazon before Memorial Day arrives, with discounts of up to 54% on some of the brand’s best models.
- Shop some of Amazon’s must-have deals on Apple iPads, with a discount on just about every model that’s available to bring home right now.
- Score Apple Watch price cuts at Amazon and Walmart to stay productive and track your fitness goals for less ahead of Memorial Day.
- Retailers like Amazon and Walmart have slashed prices on multiple models of MacBooks that you can shop right now, including an affordable M3 MacBook Air.
- Listen to your favorite music and podcasts in style with price cuts on Apple AirPods at multiple retailers for Memorial Day.
- Clean up with these early deals on Shark vacuums and more over at Amazon for pre-holiday savings.
- Get a good night’s rest with early access to deals on mattresses from Tuft and Needle, Saatva and more.
- Enjoy a backyard barbecue for less with early deals on grills at retailers ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Is Memorial Day a federal holiday?
Memorial Day is one of 12 federal holidays observed in the United States.
What is open on Memorial Day 2024?
Since Memorial Day is a federal holiday, expect most banks, the post office and the stock market to be closed on May 27, 2024. However, most big-box and grocery stores will be open, including Kroger, Costco, Walmart, Best Buy, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.
Do appliances go on sale for Memorial Day?
A variety of items go on sale during Memorial Day, including refrigerators, dishwashers, washers and dryers and ranges. But you’ll also find price cuts on home goods like furniture and mattresses, high-ticket tech items like TVs, and even kitchen equipment like air fryers, blenders and coffee makers.
When do Memorial Day 2024 sales start?
Memorial Day sales typically start the Friday before the holiday long weekend. However, as we’ve already seen, some retailers opt to begin sales much earlier, with some starting as soon as the beginning of May. That’s why you’re able to begin shopping discounts at specific stores right now.
Does Amazon have a Memorial Day 2024 sale?
Amazon has a Memorial Day sale, with plenty of discounts to be found at the retailer ahead of the holiday. Keep checking back to see new deals added to the event as we get closer to the holiday.
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The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
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