TORONTO, Nov. 26 /CNW/ - With current economic conditions top-of-mind,
more and more Canadians are looking for valuable savings and turning to
trusted retailers to provide them with the products they need, at a price they
can afford. To help customers get everything they need this holiday season on
budget, Canadian Tire is holding its Biggest Three-Day Christmas Sale. The
annual event runs from Friday, November 28th to Sunday, November 30th and
features hundreds of products throughout the store with savings up to 80%, as
well as a number of valuable rewards. With stores located to serve more than
90% of the Canadian population and extended hours of operation, Canadian
Tire's Biggest Three-Day Sale is the ultimate in convenience and savings this
holiday season.

    Savings

    Starting at 7:00 a.m.(*)on Friday, November 28th to Sunday, November 30th,
the three-day sale takes place at 473 Canadian Tire stores across the country
and features incredible one-day only specials, as well as weekend-long price
reductions providing customers with savings of up to 80% on hundreds of
exciting products throughout the store.
    Examples of the type of savings customers will find during the three-day
sale include:-  $1,000 off the price of a folding treadmill
    -  80% off a 100-piece high-speed steel drill bit set
    -  80% off a Mastercraft 65-piece screwdriver set
    -  70% off a KitchenAid 10 piece cookset
    -  65% off a Stanley 14 piece black chrome socket set
    -  65% off 16 piece festive holly dinnerware set
    -  60% off a pre-lit 7" pine Christmas tree
    -  60% off gift wrap
    -  60% off a Disney 6-in-1 easel
    -  60% off a Hannah Montana concert stage
    -  50% off a 1:16 remote control vehicle
    -  $390 off a Mastercraft 3 pack nailers
    -  $130 off a Simoniz 1750 pressure washer"Canadian Tire has one of the country's largest selections of products
for the holiday season with everything customers need to decorate their homes,
find that special gift for loved ones or prepare a meal with all of the
fixings, at a price even the most budget-conscience customers can afford,"
said Duncan Reith, senior vice president, Canadian Tire Retail. "The three-day
sale demonstrates our continued focus on offering our customers the most
competitive prices in the market and also leverages the strength of our
interrelated businesses to build on our long-standing tradition of rewarding
our loyal customers," Reith added.

    Valuable Rewards

    Customers will be rewarded for each purchase made during the three-day
sale with a 20% off coupon for Mark's Work Wearhouse, as well as Canadian
Tire's award-winning Christmas Countdown Calendar featuring gifts or
additional savings for each day through to December 24th. Customers who use
their Canadian Tire Options MasterCard between November 28th and December
31st, 2008 will not only earn Canadian Tire 'Money on the Card', but will also
automatically be entered to win one of three prizes to win their balance.
Canadian Tire is also rewarding motorists who fuel up at a Canadian Tire Gas
Bar during the three-day sale with a bonus 10X Canadian Tire 'Money'
multiplier coupon.
    For more information on the three-day sale and hours of operation, visit
canadiantire.ca.

    ((*)except where prohibited by law)

    Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, Canada's most-shopped general
merchandise retailer, operates more than 1,180 stores, gas bars and car washes
in an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retail, financial
services and petroleum. Canadian Tire Retail, with 473 stores operated by
Dealers across Canada offers a unique mix of products and services through
three specialty categories in which the organization is the market leader -
automotive, sports and leisure, and home products. www.canadiantire.ca offers
Canadians the opportunity to shop online. PartSource is an automotive parts
specialty chain with 82 stores designed to meet the needs of professional
automotive installers and serious do-it-yourselfers. Canadian Tire Petroleum
is one of the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of
gasoline, operating 269 gas bars, 262 convenience stores and kiosks, and 74
car washes. Mark's Work Wearhouse is one of the country's leading apparel
retailers operating 364 stores in Canada. Under the Clothes that Work™
marketing strategy, Mark's sells apparel and footwear in work, work-related,
casual and active-wear categories, as well as health-care and
business-to-business apparel. www.marks.com offers Canadians the opportunity
to shop online. Canadian Tire Financial Services manages more than five
million Canadian Tire MasterCard accounts and markets related financial
products and services for retail and petroleum customers. Canadians can also
access Financial Services online at www.ctfs.com. More than 57,000 Canadians
work across Canadian Tire's organization from coast-to-coast in the
enterprise's retail, financial services, and petroleum businesses.