10-03-2006, 08:46 AM
Quote:A study found more than 1-in-20 adults in the United States suffer from compulsive buying disorder, and contrary to popular opinion, nearly as many men as women are affected by the disorder. Prior to the new study, researchers estimated compulsive buying disorder affected between 2 percent and 16 percent of the U.S. population and that 90 percent of sufferers were women...
People who have compulsive buying disorder -- sometimes called "compulsive shopping disorder" -- are often struck with an irresistible, intrusive and often senseless impulse to buy...
full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/n6BNY2r8...-Too.xhtml