6 Winners Hacks & Tips From An Employee That You'll Wish You'd Known Forever

Check Final Clearance sales

While Winners is a place with regular markdowns and other sales, according to Greg the best time to find absolute rock bottom prices is in January and February when they have their giant Final Clearance sales.

"That is when you're getting stuff for like $1," said Greg. "You can find some pretty, I would say, fun stuff. Maybe not necessarily what you're going to wear every day, but some funky outfits."

Shop early

Greg confirmed to Narcity that the entire store's daily markdowns happen first thing in the morning, so if you want to get a real jump on those deals, you'll want to be there as early as possible.

"If you want to get to the markdowns," said Greg, "you have to be there as soon as the store opens."

"And people do that," he added. "They will wait outside for our store to open so they can get to the markdowns."

So to get to those mega cheap deals, you better set that alarm in the morning.

Double-check prices

While you should definitely avoid being overzealous in this respect, you can actually ask employees to double-check whether an item is on sale.

Greg explained that every morning, staff members go through every section of the store and scan each item to find out if it has been reduced in price.

"The items that are on sale, you take them off the rack, you put a little red sticker on them and then you put them in the sales section," said Greg.

However, it's possible that some sale items get missed or placed in the wrong section, which would lead to them not being marked as on sale. So you can always ask the employee to confirm.

"I would say most of the time when I did that, it was not on sale, but you could do it," said Greg.

Cheap chocolate

There's nothing better than cheap chocolate, and Winners apparently has it in spades.

Greg pointed out that if you're a chocoholic, the store should always be on your radar, especially around Christmas time.

"They always have chocolate," said Greg. Even better, it's often much more affordable than other stores.

"If you're a total Lindor freak like me, I would recommend going to get them at Winners," said Greg.

Easy returns

It's a whole lot easier to make returns if you don't have to return items to the exact store you bought them from.

"Most things that you buy at Winners, HomeSense or Marshalls you can return to whatever store you want as long as you have the receipt," said Greg.

But there are some limitations on that, as you can't return HomeSense furniture to a Winners or Marshalls store that doesn't have a furniture section. Other than that, it's mostly fair game.

"But know if you are returning it to a different kind of store, it will take longer because the [stores'] systems aren't necessarily connected," he said.

Check the jewelry

According to Greg, the public is missing out on the Winners jewellery section, and he said most people don't realize how good it is.

"I love the jewellery section," he revealed. "Quite reasonable prices. You can get something pretty nice for $20."

"[There's] always a jewelry attendant and I would say they're pretty knowledgeable. And in my experience they always give their honest opinion, probably because they don't make any commission," continued Greg.

It also is a great place to grab a quick gift.

Greg's advice? "Just take the tag off, someone doesn't need to know it's $20. It looks like $60 jewelry!"