Back-to-school promos through January.
Back-to-school runs into February for uni starts.
EOFY is prime — tax-deductible for many buyers, and retailers know it.
Black Friday: the widest laptop discounting of the year.
Boxing Day clearance, especially on last-gen chips.
10 Nov 2026 · Australia’s home-grown online sale, usually a 53-hour run in mid-November. Increasingly a warm-up act for Black Friday — good for gauging wh…
104DAYS27 Nov 2026 · The deepest, widest discounting event on the Australian calendar — it has overtaken Boxing Day for most categories. If you only plan one pur…
133DAYS26 Dec 2026 · The traditional clearance event. Still strong for TVs, bedding, and whatever retailers over-ordered for Christmas — and the January tail is …
290DAYS1 June 2027 · End of financial year: retailers clear stock before 30 June, and anything claimable as a work expense (laptops, tools, office gear) gets gen…
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