Friday, June 13

Shop Till You Drop

   To mark the extension of shopping hours in South Australia
   (and Germany, I believe) ...

   1. "Why We Buy" [Book review]
      < http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/05/21/underhill/print.html >
      Examines the sociology and psychology of the consumerist impulse.

   2. "Frustrated shoppers turn to GPS"
      < http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2440246a28,00.html >

   3. "First public wireless 'hotspot' opens at Dubai shopping mall"
      < http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/25002.html >

   4. "Chinese store opens husbands centre"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_782928.html >

   5. "Shoppers strip London store bare"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s841358.htm >

   6. "Orchestra has shoppers dancing in aisles"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_769279.html >

   7. "Meat hook artist leaves shopping crowds hanging"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s836241.htm >

   8. "Roseanne, Ozzy collide"
      < http://robots.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/02/28/showbuzz/index.html#1 >

   9. "Supermarket traps shopper"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_788935.html >

   10. "Whoever said shopping is fun?"
      < http://newstribune.com/stories/050503/com_0505030045.asp >
      A moving story about a woman shopping for clothes for her eldest daughter.