Best Gifts: Walmart, Target, Costco and Apple

Procrastinators unite! According to a Consumer Reports poll, just 15 percent of shoppers finish buying holiday gifts by early December. Over a quarter expect to continue shopping until December 23 or later, including 10 percent who expect to finish on Christmas Eve, and 5 percent who don't expect to finish until after the holidays.

For those who waited until this week to get going, I culled our various articles (see below) highlighting the list of things to buy and not to buy at the nation's leading retailers, including Walmart, Target, Costco and the Apple Store. I discussed the best of the biggies with WCBS-TV this morning.

Read More:

• What to Buy at Walmart
• What Not to Buy at Walmart
• 4 Things to Buy at Target
• 4 Things Not to Buy at Target
• 5 Things to Buy at Costco
• 4 Things Not to Buy at Costco
• 5 Things to Buy at the Apple Store
• 4 Things Not to Buy at the Apple Store

Jill Schlesinger

Jill Schlesinger, CFP® is the Emmy-nominated business analyst for CBS News. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Prior to her second career at CBS, Jill spent 14 years as the co-owner and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.

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