Kayce T. Ataiyero

Gift returns are as much a holiday tradition as egg nog and Christmas caroling. Every year, Aunt Mabel gives you some dreadful gift -- fuzzy, paisley or bedazzled with sequins....

With the economy putting a real cramp on budgets this year, more consumers are likely to turn to second-hand stores and Web sites to do their holiday shopping. But when...

The signs are so seductive: Everything must go! Entire store on sale! Nothing held back! You're sucked in by the scent of deals and desperation. Bargains don't get any better...

In the long-running struggle between the makers of Barbie and Bratz, the more demure diva has emerged victorious over her sassier, sultrier competitor. MGA Entertainment Inc. was dealt a knock-out...

Black Friday, that day of shopping excess, is near. Every year, we awake at an ungodly hour and freeze our buns off in line to buy Christmas gifts we often...

When you're looking to quickly scratch a few names off your Christmas list, those gift-card trees at the grocery store sure are tempting. But with retailers struggling this holiday season,...

When I was a kid, my mom never bought national-brand cereals. The commercials during my cartoons teased me with a jaunty little toucan selling boxes of rainbow-colored goodness, sometimes with...

You could call Terri Taylor the new American consumer. When her iron broke, she went shopping, found one marked down 40 percent and resisted the urge to buy anything else....

With Christmas around the corner and many of us pinching our pennies, it's time to start thinking about how to get a good deal on gifts. Not for this year,...

It's never been easier to whip out your credit or debit card, use it and go, thanks to the increasing number of automated options, including video kiosks, vending machines and...