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impulse buying

noun as in retail therapy

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Usually, this is due to impulse buying and upgrades in your lifestyle — a bigger apartment in a nicer neighborhood, or an extra vacation in a ritzy hotel.

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They want to save more, stop impulse buying, improve their credit and shore up an emergency fund.

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The tone in the reports isn’t consistent with a company that’s pulling back: One slide notes a rise in impulse buying after the pandemic.

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The 2024 merchandise volume goal for the U.S. version of TikTok Shop — which melds online entertainment with impulse buying — was discussed in internal meetings in recent weeks and may still change depending on how the business goes, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information.

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Kat says impulse buying is "one of the worst habits you can have" when it comes to saving cash.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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