The average grocery store in the U.S. measures under 50,000 square feet. Home Depots average about 100,000 square feet, and …
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Dust Off Your Tool Belt: Homeowners Decide It’s Finally Time to Remodel
It’s been quite a while since homeowners have felt it’s worthwhile to put good money into their houses. Given years of declining home values, there has been little hope of getting one’s money back with major remodeling projects. …
ATMs with a Human Touch: How New ATMs May Replace Bank Tellers
ATMs are getting a new face — literally, a human face. Some bank customers are already encountering what might be called ATM cyborgs, in which a machine includes a screen showing a bank teller’s head. The teller, in a remote …
When ‘Black Friday’ Sales Don’t Happen on Black Friday—or Any Friday
Considering that Black Friday is a totally made-up event meant to stir up retail sales during the peak winter holiday shopping season, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that stores are loosey-goosey with what “Black Friday” means, …
How the Warm Winter Is Mother Nature’s Mini Stimulus Program
How to Break Up With Your Hairdresser: ‘It’s Not You, It’s the Economy’
Spending less isn’t all that complicated. First, find expenses that are unnecessary, which isn’t difficult for most people. Next, trim or eliminate these expenditures, typically by finding cheaper alternatives or going without. …
99 Money Tips: Save on Concerts, Smartphone Plans, Auto Expenses, DIY Projects, and Debt Collector Confrontations
Also, learn from the mistakes of others: Check out lists of foolish (and wasteful) assumptions consumers make all the time, the dumbest money moves during one’s college days, and incredibly stupid things people do when shopping online.
Best Library Freebie Ever? Loaner iPads Available
Think your local public library is hot stuff because it’s loaded with DVDs, e-books, and audio books? Some libraries not only loan out these items—oh yeah, regular old print books, too—but laptops, digital cameras, MP3 …
Survey: The Frugal ‘New Normal’ Has Become the Norm
Throughout the recession and the slow, meek recovery that has followed, there has been much discussion about a “new normal.” After the financial collapse, there was a widespread shift among consumers, a tendency to scale back on …
145 Money Tips: Get Free DVDs, Avoid Bad Restaurants, Save Money & Mother Nature at the Same Time
There are also money lessons to be learned in this roundup from millionaires who hate fees as much (or more) than you and I, high-profile pawn shop owners who are wise enough to walk away rather than lose money on deals, and …
It’s a Deal: Save an Easy $5 at Ace Hardware
Now through August 9, use the coupon code GYWB5 for online shopping or follow this Ace Hardware link to print out a coupon for an in-store discount of $5 off any purchase of $25 or more.
It’s a Deal: Up to Extra $200 Off on Floors at Lumber Liquidators
Place an order by Monday, July 18, with Lumber Liquidators, and you can get a discount of $40 to $200 off already marked-down merchandise. Different coupon codes listed at the site give a range of discounts: JUL40, for instance, grants $40 off orders of over $1,000, while JUL200 gives $200 off purchases over $3,000. Codes are valid on …
