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Retail Remedy or Addiction?

It’s easy to see shopping addiction as a response to a traumatic experience, like divorce or death of a family […]

We all know we react to others differently depending on their appearance and that what we wear causes others to

Most people need some “me time” at least occasionally, but a new study shows that being alone prompts people to

With the retail world at her fingertips and shielded by her position as a hotel bookkeeper, internet shopping addict Eleanor

Trips to the mall are the fix some Americans need to manage the stress of their lives. Like an alcoholic

According to the American Psychiatric Association, addictive shopping is “a pattern of chronic, repetitive purchasing that becomes difficult to stop

Lots of people like to do a little therapeutic shopping from time to time, just as a little pick-me-up. “Retail

We’ve all had a “celebrity crush”, and “Celebrity Worship, Materialism, Compulsive Buying, and the Empty Self” reveals what can happen

Nobody wants to see the number of shopping addictions grow, even if it means making the genders balance more even.

Is there a certain type of person who is at risk of becoming a shopaholic? We’ve heard of the phrase