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A payment plan that began in the Great Depression and largely disappeared from stores by the 1990s is coming back as East Valley residents cope with a worsening economy. Sears Holdings Corp. resumed ...

Starting Friday, Kmart and Sears will drop all layaway fees year-round and allow shoppers to put any item on layaway at nearly all of their stores, parent company Sears Holdings told USA TODAY on ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. will keep providing a layaway option at its namesake stores as shoppers dealing with the recession look for more options to help pay for their purchases.

Sears Holdings Corp. is bringing layaway back to its namesake stores next week, nearly 20 years after it was scrapped, after seeing a strong response to the pay-as-you-go plan at its Kmart locations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly two decades after Sears discontinued its layaway plan, the pre-payment service will be available again starting Sunday for ...

Whether you observed it or not, last week was National Layaway Week according to Kmart, and the value- priced retailer celebrated by launching an online center where customers can find local stores ...