I like to do my dad a favor on Father’s Day and not get him a tie or socks. I love those smaller, more personal shops like the ones at Ballantyne Village or Phillips Place, and I don’t spend any more money there than I would on a tie, but I end up getting something that I know my dad will actually like. Best of all, I don’t have to deal with the last minute Wal-Mart shoppers.

Check out some of these local shops for great Father’s Day Sales:

• Denim Affair- $20 off all jeans $100 and up, $15 off jeans under $100, Additional 10 percent off sale items.
• Red Sky Gallery- 20 percent off select items for June
• Fair Clough- Buy one polo get 2^nd half off, $100 off select suits and sports coats
• Revolution- 20 percent off men’s woven shirts
• Blvd at NODA- 50 percent off men’s sports and collegiate wear
• Fire My Desire- Buy one, get one half off select items
• LA East- 20 percent off select men’s shirts
• Black & Blue: All men's 20 percent off, additional 20 percent off sale items
• Vespa of Charlotte: $500 off 2008, 2009, 2010 Vespa 150’s
• Revolve Upscale Men's Consignment: Suits/blazers 20 percent off, jackets 30 percent off and all buttons ups 30 percent off