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Shoppers go online for reviews of the products they want to buy — like mattresses. But one reporter found out that reviewers often have cozy business deals with the companies they're reviewing.

U.S. consumers are returning more of the stuff they buy than ever before. The returned goods often end up at bargain-bin stores, where resellers look for items they can resell for profit.

Like a lot of poor minority communities around the country, the East Harlem section of New York doesn't treat real estate development as a one-way street. It demanded that 60 percent of the employees at a new shopping mall be hired from local zip codes in exchange for giving permission for the project to proceed. The results have fallen far short, leaving residents disillusioned and without recourse, while neighborhood leaders wonder what went wrong.

Black Friday shoppers are expected to spend a record amount of money in 2022 — because nearly everything is more expensive.

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said.

Tariffs are officially in effect. How soon will they hit the goods you buy every day? We speak to Mary Lovely, an economist at the Peterson Institute, about what consumers should expect next in the international battle of tariffs.

Hours before changing the tariffs that had panicked stock-market investors, President Trump announced it was a "great time to buy." Now Democrats and ethics experts are calling for an investigation.

The Trump administration announced this spring it's ending a pandemic-era program that helped food banks and tribal governments buy fresh produce from local farmers.

Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.

A federal bankruptcy judge rejected a bid by the owners of The Onion to buy Alex Jones' Infowars company, saying the auction was flawed. The owners of The Onion say they are "deeply disappointed."