Here's why impulse buying happens—and how to break the cycle.

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More than half of Americans lack financial literacy skills, according to a study from the World Economic Forum, but having strong financial habits and smart money mindsets doesn’t always have to do ...

Ah, Amazon. The one-stop shop has made adding items to your cart as easy as one quick click. But what happens when, for a variety of reasons, you want to break up with the online behemoth?

Let’s admit it: Advertising works. And that’s why we sometimes buy things that sound good in theory, but don’t actually get used. Now, those items pile up, collect dust and cost us money in the ...

A co-worker told me a very long time ago that our economy depends on people buying things they don’t need. I thought at the time it was a pretty cynical view, but I couldn’t say he was wrong. As the ...

With a new year comes, of course, new year’s resolutions — the promises we make to ourselves to work out more, eat better, spend less and essentially break our worst habits to have a better year. Many ...