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Whales are turning up dead on beaches — and our online shopping addiction is partly to blame

Nearly two dozen whales have washed up along the Atlantic coast in recent months. Experts say clima…

Avery Hartmans   


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A woman who's lost 110 pounds on buzzy weight-loss drug semaglutide says she's now addicted to shopping instead of food

The weight-loss drug semaglutide has freed Ashley Dunham's mind of "food noise." The rush she used …

Rachel Hosie   


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Prime time TV & OTT now have competition from online shopping – Indians shop the most after 8 pm, says Meesho

Online shopping is India’s new pastime during the prime time slot of 8 pm on weekdays. Indians are …

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Want to break your addiction to your phone? It's too late.

From concert tickets to hotel reservations, everything requires an app download, making it nearly i…

Paris Marx   


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Our addiction to quick, cheap fashion is adding 101 million tons of waste to landfills each year and holiday shopping only makes it worse

Cute, affordable clothes have never been easier to find — but the knock-offs you bought for C…

Gad Allon   


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How a TikTok Shop seller became a pickle influencer

TikTok Shop seller Jessica Slone has sold over 43,000 sweatshirts after her pickle-jar clothing wen…

Dan Whateley   


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Deleting social media and shopping apps from my smartphone has saved me thousands of dollars. I also sleep better at night.

When I deleted all the social media and shopping apps from my smartphone, it saved my mental health…

Ashley Keenan   


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TikTok's newest shopping feature is destroying the planet

Gen Z cares more about sustainability than anyone else. But their addiction to cheap, fast fashion …

Eve Upton-Clark   


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I bought a $70 printer to return things I bought online during the pandemic - and it was my best decision yet

I never thought I'd never need a printer as a 26-year-old. Then the pandemic - and new online shopp…

Katie Canales   


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Threads isn't a social media app. It's a shopping mall designed to sell you useless crap.

Don't put your hopes in Threads. It will never replace Twitter because it fails to capture what mad…

Paris Marx   


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I saved over $300 by doing Dry January, and it's forcing me to rethink my values

Giving up or reducing your alcohol intake can save you thousands over the course of a year. Insider…

Anna Medaris Miller   


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Robinhood CEO says investing 'should be as ubiquitous as shopping online' and should not be viewed as gambling

"I reject the idea that investing in the US capital markets is gambling," Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev …

Isabelle Lee   


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I ditched my iPhone and used a 'dumb' phone to fight my tech addiction. Here's what I learned after 2 weeks of staying offline.

Despite loving the idea of the Light Phone 2, Jenni Gritters struggled to send basic texts and coul…

Jenni Gritters   


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I took ThredUp's Fashion Footprint quiz. My annual shopping habits equaled driving 614 miles in a gas-powered car.

Buying secondhand, reselling unwanted clothes, avoiding returning online purchases, and machine was…

Catherine Boudreau   


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​Online shopping is the new drug addiction that is pulling India’s professional

HRs across various industries have noted, employees would have various shopping apps open in their …

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Uber just launched an Amazon-like feature that could help it cash in on millennials' mobile-shopping addiction

"Depending on which card they pick, they can win a wide range of items like Uber Voucher credits, a…

Graham Rapier   


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Gorillas, the ultra-fast delivery operator from Germany, plans to make its US debut in New York City this month

The year-old startup delivers goods to consumers in under 10 minutes from micro warehouses. Deliver…

Nancy Luna   


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This addictive new shopping website is the Kayak of clothing brands

"We thought that it's easier to brand yourself as high-end and later add the lower-end brand then t…

Mallory Schlossberg   


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Adidas' bare breast campaign to promote its sports bras sparks heated debate online

Some social media users described the image as "distasteful" and "explicit." Others celebrated the …

Mary Hanbury   


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Female, 40, With Grown Kids? Don’t Fall For The Deadly Web

Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD is not recognised as a medical condition in India. Even the late…