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Layaway Makes A Comeback

Econony forces consumers to buy through installments

Updated 7:18 AM CST, Sun, Nov 9, 2008

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Let's go on a fashion flashback. You walk into that favovite store, head to the back and make the last payment on that shirt you've been coveting at the layaway desk. Distant past? No, layaway is back.

Like the styles, stores are returning to layaway plans with consumers feeling the pinch this holiday season. 

Read the full story in the Chicago Sun-Times.

First Published: Nov 9, 2008 7:15 AM CST

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