Short answer on GSS 2026: there is no islandwide Great Singapore Sale any more. The Singapore Retailers Association stopped organising the GSS after 2022 and replaced it with the Singapore Retail Festival, whose 2026 edition ran 4-26 July, with festival grounds at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza over three themed weekends to 19 July and a closing weekend that moved to Funan and Bugis Street. That means no single June-to-August sale window and no centralised launch date: malls and retailers now run their own promotions on their own calendars. This guide explains what actually changed, plus the 8 brand categories still worth watching (Takashimaya, Tangs, Apple Singapore, Sephora + Watsons, Uniqlo + Zara, Best Denki + Courts, Books Kinokuniya, and mall-wide events at VivoCity, Jewel, MBS, Ion and Paragon), with a discount-stacking method and tourist GST refund steps. Updated 20 October 2026: Amazon Prime Big Deal Days (6-8 October) and 10.10 are over, so the dates left this year are 11.11 on Wednesday 11 November, Black Friday on 27 November, Cyber Monday on 30 November and 12.12. Apple's education offer of S$149 off AirTags, AirPods or an Apple Pencil with an eligible Mac or iPad closed on 24 September; education pricing itself carries on. Two card changes matter for the discount stack: DBS stopped taking new Live Fresh applications on 7 September, and OCBC 365 pays 3% at Watsons until 31 March 2027.
