Holiday sales are expected to grow at the slowest pace in six years as shoppers worry about jobs, the housing and stock markets and high gas and food prices, according to a trade report.

It might seem like an old-fashioned way to buy gifts for the holidays, but with today's economy layaway is once again becoming popular. Kmart in Liverpool is seeing an increase in the number of people choosing that option. Our Katie Morse was there and h

(ARA) - Parking problems, confusing aisles where you can never find what you want, the wait at the checkout and the high probability that the bag boy will put the box of angel hair pasta at the bottom of the sack - under the three 2-liter soft drink bottl

Downers Grove-based FTD Group Inc., the online floral delivery business, is being acquired for $456 million by United Online Inc., which owns social networking site Classmates.com and customer loyalty site My Points.com, the companies announced Wednesday.

NEW YORK -- The holiday shopping season is still months away, but already a growing number of economists are predicting that it could even be worse than last year -- which is to say, disastrous. Soaring gas and fo