While many will take advantage of an extended holiday weekend and great weather to celebrate July 4th with beach trips, barbecues and pool parties, retailers are trying to take advantage of the extra time off to get people into stores for their summer essentials by offering steep discounts.  

Several retailers are running huge sales for the Memorial Day Weekend, with discounts on almost anything shoppers could want and/or need to get their summers started and kicked off into high gear. Here is a full list of all of the sales to take advantage of: 

Aeropostale: Take 60 percent off everything and get a free towel with any purchase of $87 or more  

Abercrombie and Fitch: Online only, take 50-70 percent off all clearance  

American Apparel: Take an extra 40 percent off all sale items  

American Eagle Outfitters: Take 40 percent off Shorts, Tees and more, and get free shipping with online orders  

Bath and Body Works: Get Select 3-wick candles for just $10 each, Select aromatherapy for just $5, Select Wallflower Fragrance refills for $3.50, Select body care $3.75 and up and 50 percent off select hand soaps during the semi-annual sale.  

Bare Necessities: Take up to 50 percent off on swimwear  

Best Buy: Save on select HDTVs, tablets, laptops and more during the 4-day sale  

Bluefly: Use cod JULY4 to get up to 90 percent off with an extra 30 percent off an order plus additional markdowns  

Bon-Ton: Use code FIREWORKS16 to take up to an extra 25 percent off sale merchandise  

Cabela's: Save up to 50 percent off  

Carter's: Get an extra 30 percent off clearance items priced $2.79 and up  

The Children's Place: Take 30 percent off all new arrivals  

Crate & Barrel: Take up to 50 percent off Outdoor Furniture  

Dell: Save up to $400, plus, members can get free 2nd business day shipping  

DSW: Save up to 65 percent, plus get a $10 certificate for every $50 spent  

Famous Footwear: Use code HBDUSA to take 15 percent off a purchase   

Forever 21: Take up to 70 percent off with holiday deals  

Gilt: Get an extra 20 percent off for a total of up to 90 percent off using code BIGSALE  

Guitar Center: Take 15 percent off a qualifying purchase of $199 or more with coupon  

H&M: Gets tons of $4 deals for the July 4th weekend  

The Home Depot: Save up to 35 percent on special appliance buys  

JC Penney: Use code BUYNOW46 to get $10 off when you spend $25  

J Crew: Take 40 percent off summer styles and extra 40-60 percent off sale styles using code COOLSTYLES  

Kate Spade: Use code SUNSHINE to take an extra 30 percent off 

Kohl's: Get $10 Kohl's cash for every $50 spent  

LOFT: Use code JULY4TH to take 50 percent off of everything  

Lord and Taylor: Take up to 60 percent off all swimwear and coverups  

Lowe's: Take up to 35 percent off all appliances priced $396 or more  

Lucky Brand: Take 40 percent off of everything  

My M&Ms: Take 20 percent off all orders  

Macy's: Use either code FOURTH to take an extra 20 percent off or code FOURTH25 to take $10 off a purchase of $25 or more  

Michael's: Use code 50STARS7116 to take 50 percent off any one regular priced item  

Michael Kors: Take an additional 25 percent off select reduced-price styles  

New York and Company: Get special extended doorbuster deals all weekend and 70 percent off all Americana themed apparel  

Nine West: Buy one get one 50 percent off  

Old Navy: The entire store is on sale up to 60 percent off  

PacSun: Take up to 50 percent off  

Perry Ellis: Take up to 40 percent off an entire purchase  

Rebecca Minkoff: Take up to 60 percent off  

Saks Fifth Avenue: Take up to 75 percent off select items  

Sears: Take up to 35 percent off appliances  

Tilly's: Take 50 percent off during Fourth of July sale  

Timberland: Take an extra 20 percent off sale styles  

UNIQLO: Get free shipping and other select deals like the UT T-shirts for $9.90  

Very Bradley: Take up to 50 percent off during the July 4th sale   

Victoria's Secret: Use code FREESHIP100 for free shipping on orders of $100 

Yankee Candle: Save during the large candle sale with deals like 5 for $55, 3 for $39 and 1 for $15  

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