Personal Finance | Advice Before you sign up for a store credit card, know what you're getting into ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press Oct 1, 2024 Oct 1, 2024 Updated Apr 3, 2025 Terri Ross, left, checks out a customer at a store in the Huntington Mall in Barboursville, W.Va., in November 2022. 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