| What Are the best Items to Buy in June?
June promises lazy days, getaways, fresh berries, barbecues and bushels of juicy peaches. Look for price cuts of 40% to 70% off the original prices, he says. Want to get the best buys on June travel? Swim against the tide. "If you want great travel deals, you have to approach it as a contrarian traveler," says Peter Greenberg, author of Michelin's "Like a Local" travel book series and founder of PeterGreenberg. If you have a craving for juicy summer fruit, you are in luck. June "really signals the start of the summer harvest," says James Parker, facility team leader for the global produce buying office of Whole Foods Market. Look for great buys on peaches, plums, apricots and cherries, he says. If your team or favorite player are going through some type of upheaval, you will receive a good buy on that merchandise, Wertheim says. So while Brooklyn Nets gear is at full price, "New Jersey apparel is on deep discount," he says. "And this summer is no different. One venue for bargains this month: South Florida, Greenberg says. Sure, it's warmer than in the winter and spring. Prices are falling on corn, zucchini, summer squash and peppers, says James Parker, facility team leader for the global produce buying office of Whole Foods Market. Often these items are grown locally or regionally on smaller farms, which means lower shipping costs -- plus less time from field to table. Here are about a dozen items on which you ought to see some healthy deals and discounts this month. Depending on what you require, you could find some bargains in June on sports equipment and workout gear. "You can probably get some good bargains on camping equipment, certainly on baseball equipment," says Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and co-author of "Scorecasting: The Hidden Influence Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. Berries are another good buy in June. In June, 4 pounds for $6 or $7 "is not unusual," he says. "Ounce for ounce, you're paying a lot less in June than the rest of the year. Also hitting the stores this month are exotic varieties of traditional summer fruit -- like apriums and pluots (both hybrids of apricots and plums), and white peaches. Savvy shoppers can find discounts of 10% to 20 % on garden plants, Caggiano says. Father's Day is June 17, even so, you do not need to buy Dad a discount tie to show him that you know the valuation of a dollar. A lot of items that often double as dad-type gifts will be promoted and marked down during the days and weeks leading up to Father's Day, says Daniel Butler, vice president of retail operations with the National Retail Federation. Flower lovers will find the "best bargains" on bunches they pick up themselves. Or, for a real price cut, pick up roses in "market batches" (just the flowers, wrapped in paper or cellophane). Shop carefully and you can find rooms at top-of-the-line hotels and resorts for 40% to 80 % off, he says. Also in June, "gardening is in full swing in most climates," she says. Depending on where you live, you could see prices drop below $1 per pound for both conventional and organic summer vegetables, he says. Another go-against-the-flow destination in June: the desert. ) And while it's technically the rainy season, that often means just a short afternoon shower, Greenberg says. In return, you can get pleasure from some great off-season prices, along with "no lines and much better service," he says. "We are already seeing some golf equipment being marked down," he says. That means you can often get 20 percent to 40% off on items such as barbecue grills and grilling utensils, tools, outdoor supplies and equipment, and personal careitems such as shavers and cologne, he says. For the rest of the family, casual warm-weather clothes are getting their deepest discounts yet, Butler says. Remember those tanks, T-shirts and shorts that appeared in the stores just as spring was on the horizon? Retailers want to move them out of the stores by the end of July, so expect some deep discounts starting in mid-June, he says. |
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
What Are the best Items to Buy in June?
