Friday, June 13, 2003

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.