Hi everyone! With the Black Friday sale impending, we decided to create a thread to answer some commonly asked questions and have a place for discussion around anything BF related. Because we won’t have a dedicated simple questions thread for the next few weeks please feel free to post them here if you have any. Here is our guide on how to read a size dot using Lulufanatics if you need to ID an item.

When will the Black Friday sale start? Members received an email that Black Friday will start Thursday November 21st exclusively in the lululemon app. That means those with an Android cannot participate unless they have an Apple device. Last year they did the same (released items exclusively in-app the week the Thursday before Thanksgiving). The drop started at 11am PT/2pm ET and the same items were available to everyone else online the day before Thanksgiving and in-store the Friday after (aka Black Friday). We have no idea if they’ll follow the same pattern this year, but they did tell us in advance the time the drop would be happening so it’s possible they’ll tell us the exact time it’ll start once the date gets closer.

How does the sale work?/Is it a sitewide sale?/What items will go on sale? No, there’s not a percentage discount on everything. They will move items to their sale section (aka WMTM) but most of their core stock will remain full price. Items currently sale may go on deeper sale, but this is not typical. Nobody knows what items will go on sale besides Educators, and they are not allowed to share that list before the sale happens.

Will the Like New site have a sale? They have had one the past few years so we think it’s likely.

Can we return items bought during the sale? The normal return policy applies - if you have a lululemon membership you can return items in person for store credit (you cannot return items via mail, even if they were bought online). Outlet items are final sale as usual.

Will there be a sale in stores? What time does my local store open on Black Friday? Yes! It’s hard to say exactly how much stock the stores will have, though - some users will find multiple sale racks in their store and others won’t see a huge difference. Check the lululemon app for information on when your local store opens as it will differ by store.

Will there be a Cyber Monday sale?/Are there any other upcoming sales? Typically there is no dedicated Cyber Monday sale, the WMTM header changes from “Black Friday” to “Cyber Monday” and the items/stock remain the same. The Boxing Day (day after Christmas, December 26th) sale is the next big sale - it’s relatively similar to the Black Friday sale. It happens in both the US and Canada!

Will mods do a drop megathread? Assuming someone is online, we will do our best to start a drop megathread when it begins. However because the drop is in-app only it’ll be difficult to copy and paste links, so last year we had a megathread where people just put the name/color of the items for users to search in the app. If no one is available/you catch the sale starting before we do, feel free to make a thread.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to drop them in the comments below!