The Canadian athleisure brand with a cult following is known for its high-tech fabrics with upscale design. Customers especially love their leggings with a “buttery-soft feeling” that sell for $98 to $168 brand new. Lululemon has normalized luxury leggings with a three-digit price tag.
While Lululemon is not a bargain brand, the retailer still boasts impressive sales if you know when and where to shop. Lululemon’s Black Friday sale is one of the brand’s biggest events and a great time to stock up on apparel of all kinds and stylish accessories.
In a fiercely competitive holiday shopping season, Lululemon’s deals often get overlooked. Time to get your game plan together. Here’s what you need to know about when the holiday deals roll out, how to get “early access Lululemon,” and other ways to snag a cropped half-zip and sweat-wicking, four-way stretch Align pants at a steal.
When does Lululemon Black Friday start?
Look for the official Black Friday sale event to start on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and end on the Sunday after. This means, Lululemon Black Friday starts on November 27 and ends on December 1 for the 2024 holiday shopping season.
- Start date: Wednesday, November 27
- End date: Sunday, December 1
This is what our deal experts expect based on Lululemon’s Black Friday dates for 2023, which ran from Wednesday, November 22, 2023, to Sunday, November 26, 2023.
Keep reading below to see how you can score even earlier access to Lululemon’s Black Friday deals as a loyalty member.
Top Lululemon Black Friday scores
For Black Friday 2024, expect to see Lululemon offering similar deals as last year when the impressive roster of best deals included:
- Align leggings from $39 (originally $98) — 60% off
- Groove Super-High-Rise flared pants from $49 (originally $118) — 70% off
- Fast and Free High-Rise Tight from $79 (originally $118) — 30% off
- Sports bras and tanks from $29
- Wunder Puff Super-Cropped Jacket from $119 (originally $228) — 48% off
- Men’s City Sweat Jogger from $59 (originally $118) — 50% off
- Metal Vent Tech Short-Sleeve Shirt from $39 (originally $78) — 50% off
- Men’s License to Train Linerless Short from $59 (originally $88) — 33% off
- Socks from $9
- Shoes from $39
In short, the Lululemon Black Friday sales event features discounts of up to 70% on a range of popular items like yoga pants, running tights, wrinkle-free commuter clothes, anti-stink shirts, belt bags, hats, and accessories.
Members who sign up on the Lululemon website or app have early access to the deals before the general public.
What does early access mean on Lululemon?
Lululemon’s Early Access is an exclusive perk for members of their free loyalty or Essential Membership program.
With Early Access, you can get first dibs on exclusive product drops before they are available to the general public. It can be especially helpful for limited-edition releases or the brand’s most popular products which can fly the off shelves quickly. Members can shop a few days ahead.
And you also get early access to Black Friday deals! Last year, Essential Membership customers could access the first drop of Black Friday deals one full week before the general public.
How to get early access to Lululemon Black Friday deals
Here’s how you can unlock the best Black Friday deals at Lululemon at least one week early.
- Sign up for the free Essential Membership program.
- Get the free Lululemon membership app. (You can also sign up for the membership program when you open the app.)
- Tap into “early access” to see any special product releases or promotions.
To get alerts for early access to sales, you will need to opt in to receive SMS alerts. Otherwise, you can just periodically log into the app and tap “early access” to see current and upcoming promotions.
With your Essential Membership, you get many other perks, including receipt-free returns, discounts at partner retailers, free yoga events, and free alterations. Stores offer complimentary hemming on tops and bottoms for a comfortable fit, with no tags or receipts needed.
What’s the best day to go to Lululemon?
The best day of the week to go to Lululemon stores is Thursday. That’s when the brand usually stocks its “We Made Too Much” merchandise.
This gear includes apparel items that Lululmeon made too much of, with excess inventory being shed at discount prices.
In terms of the best day of the year to go to Lululemon, many deal experts believe that it’s Boxing Day, which is the day after Christmas on December 26. On that day, you’ll see deep discounts on many items with markdowns that can rival Black Friday.
Additionally, the retailer offers a summer sale each year to clear excess summer goods. It’s a great time to pick up a moisture-wicking hoodie, a new belt bag, or many other deals for popular garments and fitness accessories.
- Best day of the week: Thursday
- Best day of the year: December 26
- Other best day: Kick-off of Lululemon’s annual summer sale event
How else can I save big on Lululemon?
There are other ways you can get your Lululemon fix without having to pay a bundle. Beyond waiting for holiday sales or hoping they made too much of that medium-support sports bra, there are other ways to stack up big savings.
- Join the Sweat Collective if you’re a personal trainer, yoga teacher, or other fitness pro. You can get a 25% discount off all regular-price merchandise purchased online, in stores, or through the iOS app.
- Shop with Rakuten (formerly Ebates). The free, cash-back rewards program will pay you free cash rebates for shopping online at Lululemon or thousands of other participating stores. The rebate amount for Lululemon commonly ranges from 4% to 12% cash back. For a $100 purchase, that’s like a 12% off sale.
- Shop with used Lululemon gift cards whenever possible. Many gift card sites purchase unwanted gift cards and then resell them to the public at a discount off the card’s face value. For example, I’ve purchased $100 Lululemon gift cards before for just $78 — which is like getting a 22% discount upfront. Check the Lululemon gift card prices on Gift Card Wiki.
- Shop Lululemon Like New, the retailer’s official Lululemon resale shop. I personally believe you can get a better deal buying new if you combine discounted gift cards with Rakuten. However many customer loyalists swear by this program, and it can be especially helpful if you’re searching for a discontinued color or product.
Visit the Lululemon outlet store if you’re lucky enough to live near one of the 19 Lululemon outlet store locations in the U.S. and Canada. You can find savings of up to 80% off store merchandise.
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