: Wednesday‚ 22 May‚ 2013‚ 11:20am UPDATED : Wednesday‚ 22 May‚ 2013‚ 2:23pm Men twice as likely to be ’shopaholics’‚ says Taobao report Ernest Kaoernest.kao@scmp.com The average Taobao-user in Hong Kong makes an average of 780 transactions in a year. Photo: Thomas Yau Market research by China’s biggest e-commerce site found men twice as likely as women to be “uncontrollable shopaholics”‚ meaning that although they spend less time SHOPPING ONLINE‚ they tend to buy double the amount of items
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and promoting material goods which often leads people to obsessively consume vast amount of products. The concept of Consumerism however‚ have been negatively depicted within Bruce Dawe’s ‘Americanized’‚ ‘Televistas’ and a film ‘confessions of a shopaholic’ . Bruce Dawe’s americanized satirises the predominance of consumerism on American values‚ the title itself is ironic as Dawe purposely uses American spelling to spell americanized‚ using the letter ‘z’ instead of ‘s’. The use of extended metaphor
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EFFECTS OF ONLINE SHOPPING Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet using a web browser. Also known as online retailing‚ online shopping involves paying through online banking or cash on delivery (COD). This kind of activity are now becoming a trend among teenagers and adults. Popular websites involving online shopping includes e-Bay‚ Lelong and Mudah. Online shopping creates multiple effects to the
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The Trafalgar Square‚ Piccadilly Circus‚ where six streets come together. And don’t forget to visit my favorite Harrods. As they say‚ they have all goods for all the people from everywhere‚ but if they have money to pay. It’s a paradise for the shopaholics and for people that like
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addiction. A shopping addiction is referred to as shopoholism‚ and is just as unhealthy as alcoholism‚ drug abuse‚ and gambling. In some cases there are similarities amongst these addictions. For instance‚ alcoholics will hide their bottles‚ and shopaholics will hide their purchases. Having a shopping and spending addiction is defined as being inappropriate‚ excessive‚ and out of control. “Like other addictions‚ it has to do with impulsiveness and lack of control over one’s impulse. In America‚ shopping
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consumers. 3. What are the specifics of the Japanese fashion luxury market? In the Japanese culture there is a need to show your status. This is done by purchasing expensive luxury items to wear. In Japan it is socially acceptable to be a shopaholic because this is a part of their culture. 4. How did Louis Vuitton enter into the Japanese market originally? What were the other entry strategies it adopted later to strengthen its presence? LV originally entered the Japanese market as
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importance. The famous Kohinoor diamond originally belonged to the Golconda. The other places of attraction are the Safarjung museum and the Hussain Sagar Lake which connects the twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Hyderabad is an ideal place for shopaholics. This city is also called the city of pearls. The famous pearl bazaar and the Lad Bazaar attract lot of tourists. Apart from these wide collection and selection of dress materials and sarees are available. Hyderabad is an IT hub and center for
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calculation of payments and eliminates manual process of monitoring orders. Its limit is it cannot ship overseas. B. Target Audience Teens nowadays are very conscious about on how they look‚ some are just fond of shopping which they call "shopaholic"‚ and some just want to recreate themselves on buying excessive things. Thus‚ adults in some way‚ also want to look good when facing different people at their workplace or even at their neighborhood. So‚ the website offers different quality products
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to be a hotel on the 25th floor. Our house overlooked water and plenty other tall buildings which looked amazingly beautiful at night. We also lived about three blocks from Aventura mall so my sister and I would walk there just about every day‚ shopaholics! Lol
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Oral Examination 2012: FCE Paragraphs - Reading and Pronunciation Part Unit 1: Handle with care After recent accounts of drug-taking amongst teenage models in the care of their model agencies‚ the catwalk world has once again come under scrutiny. Jess Hallett used to be a booker‚ taking bookings for models‚ organizing their itineraries‚ and generally running their lives. She talks about the lengths she went to in order to protect her girls. […] We did all kinds of things for our girls
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