Retail Watch: Which Home Discounts Are Real This Month

A discount is only a discount against a price the product actually held. We log daily prices for everything we recommend, which makes it straightforward to separate a genuine reduction from a reset reference price.

The 90-day rule we apply

We only call something a deal when it is below the median price of the previous 90 days, not below a recommended retail price.

Where real reductions clustered

Cordless vacuums and outdoor furniture at end of season showed genuine multi-week lows. Mattresses did not — that category runs a permanent sale.

What to do instead of waiting

For anything you need now, buy at or below the 90-day median and stop tracking. The remaining upside is rarely worth the delay.