What caught our eye: October is the new Black Friday

USA Today is tracking a stacked week of fall sales events: Walmart’s deals run October 5–11, with Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days and Target’s Circle Deal Days both landing October 6–7. The pattern is familiar by now — the holiday deals start earlier every year, and the planners tend to win.

Our October Deals page is built for exactly this stretch, and a few gift-worthy picks we’d flag are the Charter Club cashmere crewneck, the Longchamp Le Pliage tote, and Timberland’s classic 6-inch boots.

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