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The tactics retailers use to make us spend more – and how they harm the vulnerable – The Guardian
Online stores draw in shoppers but those with mental health issues are particularly susceptible
As a digital marketer, Emily Ware spends a lot of time online, yet this comes with a risk. Ware has borderline personality disorder, a mental health condition linked with impulsive behaviours. In her case, thats spending money online.
At the start of 2020 I was £4,250 in debt with nothing to show for it, she says. A good 95% of this was due to impulse spending, from clothes to pub trips to gig tickets. One of the worst was spending £300 on tickets to see Cher on a whim.
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