We’ve all gotten carried away adding too much stuff to our online shopping basket once in a while, or have chucked a few extra items in the trolley, telling ourselves we deserve a treat. But shopping, ...

Lily Allen (40) has made her shopping addiction public. The singer explained on her podcast "Miss Me?" that she has been in therapy for "four, five months" due to excessive shopping. Since the release ...

A resurfaced Reddit post is drawing strong reactions over a piece of shopping advice many people know too well: "you can ...

A group of researchers at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen (UiB) have developed a new and unique method to measure shopping addiction: The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale. The new ...

Nowadays, online businesses always seem to know what we want and how to nudge us toward their shopping carts, even when we are just browsing on Facebook or searching for something else. That pair of ...

While retail therapy can seem like a harmless way to blow off some steam after a long week at work, the urge to splurge has a dark side. For some, it can become a full-blown addiction — complete with ...

Being addicted to shopping will cost people more than their hard-earned money. Much like gambling, it can ruin lives and relationships. A shopping addiction shares similarities with gambling. You ...