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Elise Chambers

Business Correspondent

Elise Chambers covers Shopping, Food and Deals.

Articles by Elise Chambers

Wardrobe cost audit: what your closet really costs per outfit

Wardrobe cost audit: what your closet really costs per outfit

Elise Chambers

Is Expensive Serum Hyaluronic Acid Any Different? Reading the Label

Is Expensive Serum Hyaluronic Acid Any Different? Reading the Label

Elise Chambers

How to Read a Price Tag: Markdown Codes and Clearance Cycles

Clearance Schedule — How to Read a Price Tag: Markdown Codes and Clearance Cycles

Elise Chambers

Repair or replace: the two-year math for broken gear

Repair or replace: the two-year math for broken gear

Elise Chambers

Drugstore mascara dupes: which swaps are worth it and which aren't

Drugstore mascara dupes: which swaps are worth it and which aren't

Elise Chambers

Infographic diagram of a moisturizer INCI list broken into functional groups

Clinical vs drugstore moisturizer: compare the INCI, not the price

Elise Chambers

Infographic showing back-to-school shopping season starting earlier across years

Back-to-school sales start earlier every year. Why?

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Store employee at a customer service counter helping a shopper with a receipt

Price adjustment: get the difference back after you buy

Elise Chambers

Macro shot of a brass bag zipper and stitched seam laid on grey studio background

What a lifetime warranty actually covers

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Infographic comparing annual cost of salon color versus box dye sessions

Salon vs box dye: what a year of each really costs

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Woman comparing two moisturizer labels on a store shelf

Clean beauty: you are paying for a word with no definition

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Customer scanning a phone app at a store checkout counter with cashier

Loyalty programs that pay for themselves in year one

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A bright consignment shop corner with racks of colorful kids clothing and stacked board games

When the cheap version is the smarter purchase

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Empty clothing racks and bare shelves inside a closing boutique store

Francesca's liquidation hits final days with 50 to 80 percent off

Elise Chambers

Studio close-up of miniature cosmetic bottles beside their full-size versions

Travel-size beauty: when the mini costs more per ounce

Elise Chambers

Infographic comparing three grocery packages with shelf tags showing price per ounce

Unit price shelf tags: how to read them right

Elise Chambers

Simple bar chart comparing nine store closings across four American cities

Saks Off 5th began closing nine stores in January

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Infographic showing coat discount depth rising from November through March

When winter coats hit their final clearance price

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Two women compare shoes in a bright secondhand shop while one checks the sole of a boot

Cost per wear: the formula and where it fails

Elise Chambers

Shoppers comparing sweater price tags in a bright department store aisle

Clothing prices rose again in December, new government data shows

Elise Chambers

Two women comparing small perfume bottles at a shop counter

Fragrance dupes vs originals: what you actually pay for

Elise Chambers

Shopper inspecting folded white cotton sheet sets on a department store table

January white sales: what actually goes on sale

Elise Chambers