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#TalkAboutIt S5Ep10: #ShoppingAddictions

Updated September 03, 2015 18:43:09

We often joke about being "shopaholics", but can compulsive shopping be just as damaging as other addictions and is online shopping helping to fuel bad spending habits? #TalkAboutIt meets a self-confessed shopaholic and also examines the tricks retailers are now using to get people to buy more.

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Del Irani

Source: #TalkAboutIt | Duration: 27min 2sec

Topics: internet-culture, social-media, terrorism, community-and-society, retail, australia

Posted August 09, 2013 11:45:43 | Updated August 27, 2013 14:34:24

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