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Website: Matalan*
Start date (online): It started on Christmas Eve
Sale strength: Up to 70% off selected items of men's, women's & kids' fashion and homeware. Boosted from 'up to 50% off' on Fri 15 Jan. We wouldn't expect it to boost any further.
A few strong examples we spotted on Tue 5 Jan include:
- Girls' long sleeve stripe skater dress* - £3.50 (was £7-£8)
- Pearl scallop jumper* - £10 (was £20)
- Men's lightweight parker jacket* - £20 (was £40)
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You can get a full school uniform (ages 3-16) from £10 online at Matalan*, which includes a polo shirt, sweatshirt and skirt or trousers. Standard delivery's £3.95 or you can click and collect from a store for free (see 'More info' below for click and collect exclusions).
Matalan sells its basic unisex polo shirt in a multipack of two or more (it's not available as a single item). That means the cheapest price for a set gets you two polo shirts, and one of everything else.
What do you get?
- 2x polo shirts* - £3-£6
- Sweatshirt* - £3-£5
- Skirt* - £4-£7
- Trousers* - £5-£7
To calculate the cheapest bundle price, we added two polo shirts, a sweatshirt and a skirt for £10, to be fully kitted out. Though this does mean you'll have extras as some items come in multipacks.
Prices change depending on size.
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Ongoing
There are always ways to save money at Matalan*, so even if there isn’t a cracking deal out there that works for you, don’t assume you can’t cut your costs further.
Ways to save include:
- Free Click & Collect. Every online purchase is eligible for free Click & Collect with no minimum spend.
- Sign up to its 'Reward Card'. If you sign up to the free Matalan* 'Reward Card' loyalty card, you'll also get a welcome voucher, eg, 10% off. You could also get a voucher for a discount online or in store on your birthday sent by email. See full T&Cs*.
- Try haggling. We polled 1,400 MoneySavers to find out in which shops they had most success haggling. High street fashion retailers did feature, so it’s worth a go. Find out more in our Haggle on the High Street guide.
- Check out similar retailers, eg, Dorothy Perkins and other fashion retailers. If you're not committed to buying from Matalan, check out our deals from H&M, New Look, Asos, Next, Topshop, Topman and Dorothy Perkins, where there may be a better offer.
- Want more? Find out more shopping tricks in our Shopping Secrets guide.
- Had a problem with Matalan? There’s a free online tool you can use to complain – it helps draft, manage and if necessary escalate your complaint. It’s offered by a firm called Resolver, which we like so much we work with it to help people get complaints justice – you can use it to complain to Matalan*.
If you spot any hot deals out there we have missed (we are human after all!), please let us know in the MSE forum, email us at msedeals@moneysavingexpert.com. or via Twitter @MSE_Deals.
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Matalan sale?
Last year up to 50% off in stores and online
ExpiredWebsite: Matalan*
Find your nearest: Store locator*
Start date (online): Last year it started at 1pm on Christmas Eve – we'd expect it to start on the same day this year.
Start date (in stores): Last year it started on Boxing Day – we'd expect it to start on the same day this year.
Sale strength: Usually up to 50% off selected items of men's, women's & kids' fashion and homeware. This is what we predict the sale will start at this year.
Likely to boost? Last year it boosted to up to 70% off and we predict the same could happen again this year. -
Matalan 'free' £15 school uniform
For Topcashback newbies only. Though as it's cashback, there's a risk
ExpiredNew Topcashback* members can kit their littl'uns out with a 'free' school uniform or school accessories from Matalan, with up to £15 cashback. Delivery’s £3.95, or you can collect in a store for free.
Warning: Things can go wrong with online cashback, so treat offers such as this one as a bonus rather than a guarantee – for more info, see our cashback sites guide. With this one though, because Matalan uniform is cheap anyway, even if you don't receive the cashback, you'll at worst have paid a few quid more than the cheapest uniform at Aldi or Lidl, so the reward here is greater than the risk.
How to get the 'free' uniform
- Sign up to Topcashback* by 11.59pm on Sun 6 Sep – if you've an existing account but haven't made any purchases through it, you also count as a new member.
- Important: Visit Matalan online via the Topcashback website (so that your visit tracks) and purchase up to £15 of school items.
- About 14 days after the deal ends, you'll be reimbursed a maximum of £15 to your Topcashback account. From there it can be withdrawn to your bank account.
Here are examples of Matalan's basic school uniform items we spotted on Mon 3 Aug:
- 2x polo shirts - £3-£6
- Sweatshirt - £3-£5
- Skirt - £3-£6
- Trousers - £4-£5
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