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Amazon.sa: White Friday, 10 to 70 percent off

A two-day countdown to White Friday, so shoppers start waiting for the sale before it opens.

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Lembrée Gallery poster

Lembrée is where a woman of taste chooses prints for herself, sheet by sheet at the stand, with the shop's services and phone number built into the room around her.

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Amazon.sa: a mock order tracker delivers the World Cup trophy

Saudi Arabia's World Cup place is tracked like a parcel: the trophy is ordered, shipped and out for delivery, arriving 2026.

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Larkin Company trade catalog cover, free foulard gown offer

The gown is free because the money a store would have taken pays for it: buy $10 of Larkin supplies direct and the saving comes back as a dress.

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Amazon.sa: share a match-night photo to win a SAR 100 gift card

Amazon casts itself as the sponsor of the Saudi fan's match-night gathering, then asks followers to share photos of their own gatherings for a prize draw.

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Alexander Beugo trade card

A printseller's card that is itself a finely engraved portrait, so the buyer sees the quality of the prints on sale in Maiden Lane before reading a claim.

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Amazon.sa: gift-card draw for tomorrow's match against Spain

Amazon sponsors the Saudi fan's match-night gathering, and the night before Spain it asks fans to show theirs for a chance at a gift card.

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Alex M. Hays & Co. holiday novelties trade card, no. 1

A holiday novelty shop hands out a comic scene worth keeping: three little Pierrots singing while their music master clutches his ear, with the shop's name above.

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Amazon.sa: match-night gift card draw, winners announced Sunday

Tonight's match runs until dawn, and Amazon, sponsor of the Saudi fan's gathering, turns the late night into a photo draw for gift cards.

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Alex M. Hays & Co. holiday novelties trade card, no. 2

A second silent joke from the same shop: children laugh at a grinning mask pinned to the scolding schoolmaster's coat-tail, which only he cannot see.

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Amazon.sa: turn on alerts for National Day deals, Sept 20-30

Before the National Day sale opens, Amazon asks shoppers to switch on its notifications and be first to know, because strong discounts wait for no one.

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Jordan Marsh & Co. spring and summer mail-order catalog cover, 1885

Four round vignettes show every step after an order is posted, from the letter being read to the parcel at the door, so shopping by mail looks safe and routine.

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Amazon.sa: a kitchen find that saved a shopper

A kitchen gadget introduced by a first-person verdict, it saved me in the kitchen, over a clip of it being rinsed at the sink, in Amazon's discoveries series.

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Montgomery Ward fiftieth anniversary catalog cover, spring-summer 1922

Fifty unbroken years of honest goods, low prices and fair dealing are the reason to trust this catalogue, with a pledge to keep the same policies.

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Markaz al-Taswiq al-Amm department store ad, al-Kawakib 1963

A film star picks Khan el-Khalili craft off the shelves of a state cooperative store, proving socialist prices can come with refined taste.

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Montgomery Ward golden jubilee catalog cover, fall-winter 1922-1923

Ward's and its customers built the country together, and the firm that first supplied the pioneers by mail is still leading the way fifty years on.

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Abu Shadi jewellery and cosmetics shops ad, al-Kawakib 1961

A named actress being fitted with a necklace at Abu Shadi's counter tells the reader she can gain the same elegance from the same shop.

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Montgomery Ward catalog No. 38 cover, fall and winter 1885

Ward's is a real supply house for Grange farmers, with a Chicago building, busy departments and stock on hand, selling at wholesale by mail.

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Daoud Ades department store sale ad, al-Ithnayn wa al-Dunya 1939

Daoud Ades and Son turns an ordinary week into a shopping date: from Thursday 1 June, a big reduction across every department of the store.

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Sears, Roebuck sales catalog cover, spring-summer 1926

The cover sells warmth, not goods: a woman and a child with schoolbooks at a sunlit doorway, with the Sears name marking the new season's book.

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Qulli stores ad, al-Musawwar 1941

Quality goods and good selection earned Qulli the title of supplier to the royal palaces, so the palace's choice becomes the reader's guarantee.

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Sears, Roebuck 'Consumers Guide' catalogue No. 111 cover, 1901

This book reveals what your storekeeper at home pays for everything, so he cannot overcharge you, from the self-declared cheapest supply house on earth.

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Sednaoui department store sale ad, al-Musawwar 1941

Sednaoui sells a third below what the factories are asking today, so its sale reads as shelter from rising prices, not a routine markdown.

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Larkin Company trade catalog cover: My Larkin Clubs Earned These for Me

A housewife who never saw herself as a saleswoman furnished her home and clothed her family by collecting neighbours' Larkin orders, and the same path is open to the reader.

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Sufi Brothers department store ad, al-Musawwar 1928

Sufi Brothers is sold as the biggest national store in Egypt, so a shopper who wants to buy from a local house has an obvious first choice for winter.

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Selfridge's Gala Week of Opening ad, The Times, 1909

The new store is complete and ready, and its arrival will enlarge London's trade rather than threaten it, so every visitor is welcome all week.

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Gamages mail-order catalogue service ad, al-Musawwar 1929

The whole London store fits in an envelope: a free Gamages catalogue lets a reader in Egypt choose from more than 80 departments without leaving home.

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Selfridge's 'The Recollection of Quality' ad, The Times, 1909

Selfridge's is already known for London's lowest prices, so it declares that quality comes first: even its cheapest goods are exactly what they claim to be.

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Gamages mail-order catalogue ad, al-Musawwar 1929

A London store opens a personal service office for buyers abroad: whatever you want, from a wedding gift to motoring goods, is in a Gamages catalogue sent free.

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Larkin 'My Trip Through Larkin Factories' booklet

A famous household authority who seldom gives testimonials walks through the Larkin factories and reports that what she saw justifies buying direct from the maker.

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Shamla store end-of-season sale ad, al-Musawwar 1936

Prices are collapsing at Shamla: a heap of cut price tags tumbles down the column under a slanted headline, for one dated week of clearance.

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Larkin Company order form, 1914

One order sheet removes the risk of buying by mail and recruits the buyer as a seller, with trial, credit, service rewards and a referral box on one page.

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Dar al-Eid flower shop ad, Bint al-Nil 1950

An unfinished question, did you know that., leads the eye into a drawn rose where the florist's name completes the sentence, with a Semiramis Hotel address to back it.

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Montgomery Ward 'A Peep Inside' promotional booklet

This little book is a peep inside Catalogue 73: order its grocery lot by freight and the 6-pound Edition de Luxe comes packed free with the shipment.

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Sharikat Bay al-Masnuat al-Misriya store ad, Bint al-Nil 1951

Take pride in being Egyptian, and act on it by shopping at the Egyptian products store, whose goods are made by Bank Misr companies.

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Mail-order catalogue No. 13, spring and summer 1875

The Original Grange Supply House sells at wholesale straight to farmers, and lets them examine the goods at the express office before paying anything.

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مع خدمة الاستلام من الفرع من جرير الحلو يكمل #مع_جرير_الحلو_يكمل

Order the PS5 online and pay only when it is in your hands at the branch, so the purchase ends in the store, not on a card form.

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تشكيلة شنط الأبطال 2019

The first school day becomes a hero's entrance: the child picks the bag of the character he wants to be.

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eXtra Stores - Trouble in the Kitchen / إعلان اكسترا - بدون مشاكل

An outdated phone turns an ordinary kitchen moment into a small struggle, and the fix is a newer device from eXtra.

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مكتبة جرير... وجهتك الأولى للهواتف الذكية

Too many phones make choosing hard, so a store that carries them all, with experts on hand, becomes the place to start.

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اربح ايباد الاصدار السابع | Win iPad 7th Generation | اكسترا | تم الإعلان ✅

A new iPad is traded for a subscription: the price of a chance to win is one click on eXtra's YouTube channel.

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اربح ايفون 11 برو | Win iPhone 11 Pro | اكسترا | تم الإعلان ✅

The new iPhone's features are read out one by one like a launch film, and the twist is that the viewer can win it rather than buy it.

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Copilot يفرق معك

Two young men share the name Saad, which means good fortune, and the only thing that decides which one lives up to it is the laptop.

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كل رمضان وحنا معاكم | #رمضان_اكسترا | اكسترا

Ramadan is told through one family's month at the grandmother's house, where helping each other is the custom, and eXtra signs off as part of every Ramadan.

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#سنة_اكسترا_21 💙🎉 عروض رائعة على أفضل الجوالات والإلكترونيات والأجهزة المنزلية 😍

The store's 21st birthday becomes the reason for the annual offers, announced like a city celebration with fireworks and a neon sign over Riyadh.

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راجعين للمدرسة، ورايحين للمستقبل

Going back to school is framed as the first step toward the child's future self, a dream drawn today and lived tomorrow.

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عيش التطور مع أحدث الأجهزة ولا تختبر صبرك !

The tired employee is not the problem, the old PC is: a modern Windows laptop starts in under 20 seconds and runs up to 9 hours.

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#رمضان_اكسترا | #Ramadan_eXtra | اكسترا

Ahead of Ramadan, eXtra claims the month's mood, lanterns, family and friends gathering, under one promise of presence: every Ramadan, we are with you.

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