Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular ...

Researchers in Germany have recently published a study finding that a small percentage of people have developed an addiction to shopping. The October 2019 study released in Comprehensive Psychiatry ...

Nowadays, online businesses always seem to know what we want and how to nudge us toward their shopping carts, even when we are just browsing on Facebook or searching for something else. That pair of ...

Whether it’s ASOS or Amazon, when it comes to shopping these days, many of us will turn to the internet. But while some people only occasionally shop online, it seems that for others the habit is ...

The internet has simplified many tasks, like buying concert tickets or turning in homework assignments; but, perhaps none have been made easier than the process of shopping. Take a quick trip to your ...

Online shopping is more than a hobby for those who get a thrill out of traversing the biggest mall in the world: the internet. It’s also a sport. How else to explain Monica Corcoran Harel’s reaction ...

(CNN) — ’Tis the season of sales and shopping — but are you confident you’ll be able to stop when you have enough? Between the decorations, feasts and gift-giving, the winter holidays give us plenty ...

E-commerce platforms use game-like strategies that exploit dopamine reward systems in vulnerable shoppers. European regulators have launched investigations as global shopping addiction rates reach ...

Two months into “No Buy 2025,” the latest iteration of a grassroots movement that encourages people to curb their consumerist tendencies, the U.S. Census Bureau released figures showing that online ...