October holiday shopping is Clark Smart this year. Clark surveys the retail landscape with money saving strategies involving bargain product categories. Early birds SAVE MORE!  Also today - how we pay for things continues to change. As the use of cash & checks fades into history, modern forms of payment are evolving into biometrics. Electronic methods often mean we lose track of our spending. Not cool. 

Holiday Shopping: Segment 1

Ask Clark: Segment 2

E-Spend Control: Segment 3

Ask Clark: Segment 4


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