Today is Saturday, November 1st. Now with Halloween behind us, the holiday shopping season is underway,

and this year there are some new things to watch for. From higher prices and tariff uncertainty

to rumors of inventory shortages and smaller discounts, shoppers may need to plan ahead more than usual.

So what should you buy now, what can wait, and how do you avoid falling for fake deals or too good to be true discounts? Our guest today, Trey Bodge, is one of America's top smart shopping experts. She's a lifestyle journalist and broadcast commentator who's specialized in smart shopping and money saving for over a decade now. She's shared advice on Good Morning America, the today's Show, and more. And now she's here to tell us

what to expect this holiday season, from AI-powered shopping tools to the biggest savings and

scams to watch for. Plus her top tips for staying on budget and still spreading holiday cheer.

Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special Edition Saturday when we sit down with a different

expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news.

Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide

all the day's news in 10 minutes.

I'm Erica Mandy.

It's now time for today's special edition Saturday.

Tray Bodge, thank you so much for joining us again on The Newsworthy.

I'm so glad to be back.

Thank you.

So when it comes to holiday shopping, what, if anything, is really standing out to you as unique or surprising this year specifically in 2025?

A couple things are interesting to me.

You know, we've been on this roller

coaster with the tariffs throughout the year. And so I think consumers feel very uncertain.

We are paying the price a bit for some of these tariffs. Retailers will try to bear some of that

burden, but some of that increase gets shared to the consumer. And so what

I see right now are slightly higher prices on a lot of things. I am hearing whispers of some

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