Category: Shopping

The internet, TV shopping channels, and credit cards have made shopping even easier. While this has been great for businesses, it hasn’t been so great on consumers, who now face the temptation to purchase at any time of day, from anywhere. Easy availability of credit and a popular culture with a strong material focus have… Continue reading Why Compulsive Shopping and Spending?

A huge impediment to dealing with shopping addiction, and other technological addictions, is that there is little research on the effectiveness of interventions in dealing with shopping, internet or video obsessions. That said, there are programs that can help shopping addicts, and getting a loved one into such programs is an important first step toward… Continue reading Can a Shopping Addiction be Addressed Through Intervention?

It’s interesting to note that who you shop with can affect how you shop. Jill Chivers, a recovering shopaholic, recently experienced first hand how a friend can affect shopping behavior and why. She and her friend, who is currently dealing with a shopping problem, had gone to lunch and afterward her friend expressed a desire… Continue reading Partners in Crime: How Who You Shop With Affects Your Shopping Behavior

If there is a compulsive shopper in your life, it can be difficult to understand what is going on in their mind, especially if you think it is easy for them to just quit spending so much money. But compulsive shopping is so much more than that. Compulsive shoppers use spending to cope with a… Continue reading Inside the Mind of the Compulsive Shopper

Are you making any of these common mistakes while shopping that could be costing you money? If you find that you feel frustrated after shopping trips, step back and look at your shopping behaviors. One major mistake is not preparing yourself for your trip by reviewing what you already have to pinpoint exactly what you… Continue reading Common Mistakes Women Make When Shopping

When you’re dealing with a shopping addiction, the experience of shopping is entirely different than just going to the store for groceries or other necessary items. Shopping addicts participate in recreational shopping, spending money just because it feels good or passes time. But like any other bad habit there are ways to break free. Start… Continue reading How to Cure Your Shopping Addiction

Even if the holidays are coming to a close, the season of shopping and spending continues. For serious shopaholics who are looking forward to the end of this time and mindset, this can mean serious trouble. But a shopping addiction is nothing to be laughed at and can have a very real impact on finances… Continue reading Handling a Shopping Addiction During the Holidays

We’re all familiar with catchy T-shirt slogans and jokes about women and shopping. Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. ~ Bo Derek I like my money right where I can see it – hanging in my closet. ~ Sex and the City For millions of women (and quite… Continue reading Shop ‘Til You Drop – Really?

Comedian Elayne Boosler said, “When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It’s a whole different way of thinking.” It may be going to the mall with friends or participating in what some call “retail therapy,” but it adds up to the same thing. Shopping for a mood boost may… Continue reading Shopping: Shop ‘till You Drop

The change in seasons means a change in fashion, as we start putting on layers for warmth and style. All this can be fun for many, but for some of us the ringing cash registers can be ringing in disaster. If you think that you or someone you know has a shopping addiction, here are… Continue reading Could You Be a Shopping Addict?