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Shopping is therapy, say more than half Americans

A decent shrink costs at least $100 an hour.

A decent pair of shoes can cost you the same and they last a lot longer. They understand you better too.

Surely, therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that more than half of all Americans admit that if they want to feel better, shopping is their chosen Xanax.

With just a click or two, you can be clicking your heels and forgetting the awful lover who told you that this was surely forever before becoming surly last night.

I have on my screen the results of a survey performed by TNS … Read more

Santa, older kids want laptops, younger ones iPads, iPhones

If you're a parent, you're probably already panicking about how to satisfy your children during the season of goodwill hunting for material goods.

I am here to help. For I have just been given the results of a survey conducted for online cashback shopping site Ebates.

It's a survey that delved deep into the complicated covetous minds of kiddies and emerged with fascinating results.

It seems that older kids and younger kids have very different ideas about what Santa should shove in their stockings.

Among the 16- to 18-year-olds, there seems considerable consensus that their one heart'… Read more

Hey, kids, more moms want iPads for Mother's Day

I am sure that many people are already wondering how on earth to please their mothers on May 13.

For that is Mother's Day, the Sunday on which flower-sellers make huge amounts of money out of the guilt of youthful, self-absorbed offspring.

Perhaps, though, kids (and dads) just don't know their moms terribly well. Because words and numbers have reached me that suggest moms are getting a little tired of flowers and jewelry and would rather have an iPad or some cuddly little Android-powered piece.

A survey performed by Harris Interactive on behalf of Ebates.com, contained within … Read more