The Walmart Zhu Zhu Pets phenomenon

blog 18 November 2009 | 0 Comments

Every year parents go insane over some product for their kids. The last few years it has been video game systems, but this year we are back to basics. Zhu Zhu Pets have become a phenomenon. Just today people flocked to Walmart near our home to buy some at 7 am as they unloaded. But [...]

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What stores offer layaway?

blog 15 November 2009 | 0 Comments

Growing up it seemed that every department store offered layaway. Over time that changed to credit cards, mostly because they could earn more money. However, in a time when people have their credit maxed out why haven’t layaway programs come back?
KMart and Sears (the same company) seem to be the only large department store chains [...]

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