You Can’t Buy Your Way to Happiness: How to Avoid the ‘Retail Therapy’ Trap

Shopping online can be a quick way to lift your spirits. But losing control of your “retail therapy” purchases can just as quickly put you in a losing position.The internet has made shopping perilously easy. The stores don’t close, and you can shop day or night, even in your pajamas. The barriers to impulse purchases have shrunk away. Retail websites know that, and many are doing whatever they can to win your purchase. You’ve seen it: a limited-time discount or a flood of marketing emails. Some sites engage in the ethically questionable practice of “dark patterns,” designs that use …
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