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Many of America's best-known retailers, including Walmart, Home Depot and JCPenney, will be stepping into the earnings spotlight this week. Their reports come on the heels of disappointing January retail sales numbers from the Commerce Department.

I have to giggle every time I see a new Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. The outrageous annual catalog features extravagant items priced so lavishly, it's hard to imagine many people can afford them. Selling items from the catalog, may not, however, be its intention. Rather, it's used as a marketing...

Not every purchase we make is entirely satisfying. Recently, I had to return a winter jacket to Sears after only two months of wear because a couple of the seams had started to fray. But dollar stores seem particularly susceptible open to criticism that "everything" they sell is junk. Personally,...

There was a time when you would catch me standing in an aisle at my local dollar store with my mouth hanging open 'cause I'd just seen something I thought would cost way more than a buck. One of the first times was when I looked up and spied those giant boxed Hersey's Kisses on a shelf. Nowadays,...

According to a recent Nielsen survey, savvy recessionistas now shop at dollar stores. Wanting to be savvy, I journeyed to the nearest Dollar Tree, which makes me sound like a character in a fairy tale: "And there, Marco the Scribe found a magnificent tree and it was blooming money..." My initial...

99-cent Only Stores are featuring famous maker bras and panties for 99 cents each. Shhh! They're not allowed to reveal who the famous maker is, so you'll have to go into the store to find out, but they typically retail for $10 or more. Another great feature at the 99-cent Only Stores this week is...

In case you've missed all of the advertising hype of the last couple of weeks, Valentine's Day is upon us once again and, if like many of us, you can't afford to splurge on diamonds or dinner at an elegant restaurant, you can still show your sweetie how much you care by taking advantage of great...

I was in line at Dollar Tree today, and noticed that it had pregnancy tests for $1 each.Even a store brand pregnancy test will set you back $8.49 at CVS and a pack of two First Response Gold Digital Pregnancy Tests costs $21.99.So how can Dollar Tree offer one at less than 1/8th the cost of the CVS...

You don't need me to tell you how little shopping time you have left before the big day. What you need -- what we all need -- is some practical help to get the job done. Dollar stores to the rescue! Whether you're looking for one more small item to put under the tree for a good little boy or girl...

Where to start? Whether you're looking to set the table, decorate the house in holiday finery or put together gifts that only look expensive, dollar stores have got you covered. I particularly like Dollar Tree's craft sheets. Its latest one shows you how to create two different types of Christmas...