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In this age of streaming movies online and Blu-ray Discs, immigrants’ nostalgia and frugality, among other factors, combine to make sure that the bulky VHS cassette endures.

Take heart, sisters and brothers: While it is assumed that you will not let that woman a) prepare a meal, b) wash a dish or c) touch a vacuum or broom on her one special day of the year, you can also surprise her with one of these five frugal gift ideas.

Mall-based chains continue to be hit hardest as consumers focus on necessities, but the warehouse club operator Costco’s results also missed analyst estimates.

Rain and rising unemployment dampened sales for retailers already reeling from consumers’ new frugality.

Traveling cheaply is one thing. Traveling cheaply, in a foreign country, with an infant in tow is another. But Italy proved surprisingly hospitable to a family of three.