For Nervous Consumers, Layaway Becomes A Popular Option

WHITE PLAINS, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Kahli Briggs shops for coats at a Burlington Coat Factory store on November 17, 2008 in White Plains, New York. Retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory are seeing a resurgence in the use of layaway plans to help consumers during the current difficult falling economy. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)