KATU Problem Solver Shellie Bailey-Shah brought in a panel of pint-sized experts to test four toys off the annual Fabulous 15 list from Toys 'R' Us.

Consider this: In a study by Civic Economics that was published in August of 2012, researchers found that local retailers return a total of 52% of their revenue to the local economy, compared to just 14% for the national chain retailers.

Some things you might think you would get a great deal on next week, but if you wait you'll get a better price in the weeks or months to come.

We've all done it - walk into a local electronics or big box store to take TVs or computers for a test drive, only to turn around and buy it online, supposedly at a better price.

"Stalking" is normally a bad thing. When it comes to online shopping, however, it could work in your favor.

Remember the days when you’d have to wait for the newspaper on Thanksgiving morning to get that thick stack of Black Friday ads?  Now you can find many of those ads online weeks ahead.

Once you figure out what you want to buy for Christmas gifts, the next trick is to make sure you get the best deal.  While we don't have a crystal ball, we do have an inside track on price predictions for this season's most popular gifts - among...

You could pay far less for a laptop than people did last year. A site called Deal News analyzes the prices of electronics on past Black Fridays and then makes predictions about what you could pay this Black Friday.

This year you'll find more TVs that are larger and thinner than in years past.

You could get a great deal on some of the top-selling phones. Chances are the iPhone 5 will not be one of them. But you can still get the latest phone technology for a steal.