How to Keep Black Friday from Becoming Red Saturday

How to Keep Black Friday from Becoming Red Saturday This year we’re taking a different approach to connecting with you about holiday shopping and spending. Rather than write holiday blogposts, we’re holding several Facebook live events that we hope will feel like holiday experience gifts to each of you. As soon as those are scheduled,… Continue reading How to Keep Black Friday from Becoming Red Saturday

The “Smiled Upon” Addiction: An article from Glamour Magazine

“If someone tells you,  you have a problem, cut them off. You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life.”  Thus begins Glamour magazine’s recent article, 10 things you only know if you’re addicted to sale shopping. Brashly glamorizing addiction to sale shopping, one subcategory of shopping addiction, this piece ranks a close second… Continue reading The “Smiled Upon” Addiction: An article from Glamour Magazine

Is online shopping the next danger zone for compulsive buyers?

It might be easier to kick our shopping addictions if the temptations existed only outside our of homes, but with the growing popularity of online shopping, we’re not even safe there. Though there are several papers that focus on compulsive shopping, not as many have factored into their research the impact of online shopping. However,… Continue reading Is online shopping the next danger zone for compulsive buyers?

Are You Giving Your Seasonal Shopaholic Credit Card Blanche?

We’re smack dab in the middle of Chanukah and there’s less than a week until Christmas, still plenty of time to limit holiday overspending and bring more meaning and merriment into your life.  I’ve written a piece, published yesterday in the Huffington Post that just might help you have a good, not a goods holiday–and… Continue reading Are You Giving Your Seasonal Shopaholic Credit Card Blanche?

Male Shopaholics – The Truth

By: Georgia Watson As you sign for the fifth package of the week, the courier smiles at you. “Shopping again, love?” You nod dutifully, not wanting to admit that the box belongs to your husband…they all do. We all joke about being shopaholics, especially after a splurge in the Zara sale, but how do you… Continue reading Male Shopaholics – The Truth

Lexapro and Compulsive Shopping

Many people who suffer from shopaholism do so as a result of other mental problems, particularly depression.  Lexapro, the drug which is not uncommonly prescribed by doctors to treat severe depression and generalized anxiety disorder, might have a positive correlation to a reduction in compulsive shopping. A study by eHealthMe used FDA reports of over… Continue reading Lexapro and Compulsive Shopping

New Mobile Apps Can Fuel a Shopping Addiction

With the rise of smartphones and mobile web technology, it is easier than ever to stay connected with the world. Not surprisingly, the reverse is also true – it is easier for the world to connect with you, too. For those struggling with a shopping addiction, this means one more medium for making purchases. Retailers… Continue reading New Mobile Apps Can Fuel a Shopping Addiction

Hotel Bookkeeper Embezzled £30k from Bosses to Fund Her Internet Shopping Addiction

With the retail world at her fingertips and shielded by her position as a hotel bookkeeper, internet shopping addict Eleanor Buchanan embezzled £30,000 from her employer at the Hillcroft Hotel in Whitburn, Great Britain. She stole the money between December 2010 and January 2012, spending the entire amount on designer clothes for her children.  Buchanan’s… Continue reading Hotel Bookkeeper Embezzled £30k from Bosses to Fund Her Internet Shopping Addiction

Fashion Blogs May Be a Hazard to Your Health… Especially If You’re a Celebrity Worshiper!

We’ve all had a “celebrity crush”, and “Celebrity Worship, Materialism, Compulsive Buying, and the Empty Self” reveals what can happen when that “crush” turns into an obsession. Celebrity worship is associated with “The Empty Self Theory.” a theory that suggests that someone with an empty self “is plagued by a loss of a shared sense… Continue reading Fashion Blogs May Be a Hazard to Your Health… Especially If You’re a Celebrity Worshiper!

Are You Addicted to Online Shopping?

For many people, online shopping is a convenient way to shop. For others, though, it’s an easy method to become addicted to. In a recent survey, people were asked why online shopping could become an addiction. Some of the reasons they listed include: Easy to use non-cash payment methods which encourage impulse purchases. People who… Continue reading Are You Addicted to Online Shopping?