The XX Factor : shopping

Can "Traceable Retail" Revolutionize How We Shop?

Samantha Henig — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:41:00 GMT

A guest post from Double X writer Erika Kawalek: Rarely is the public let in on how clothes actually get made—the gritty world of sourcing, manufacturing, cross-ocean container shipping, distribution and slick marketing that goes into supplying that perpetually...(read more)

Recession Entertainment: Watch Other People Buy Things

Kerry Howley — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Via Flowing Data , I see that Zappos.com will now show you who is buying what from where in real time. Thus I can sit in front of my laptop, stare at pictures of shoes superimposed on a map of the United States, and make wild generalizations about regional...(read more)

Hormonal Shopping

Emily Yoffe — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:28:00 GMT

Meghan , Dayo , Dahlia , the study that purports to show that when women are premenstrual they tend to spend more impulsively sounds like so many of the other specious findings of evolutionary psychology about how women behave during different phases...(read more)

Mall Noir

Melinda Henneberger — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:23:00 GMT

Anybody else miss out on the shopping gene? Other people who are not Keira Knightley seem to enjoy it, though. Now that my kids are getting older—they turn 13 in a couple of weeks—they are showing signs that it only skipped a generation, which is how...(read more)

It Is Time To Outlaw Black Friday

Moe Tkacik — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:05:00 GMT

Numbers are supposed to explain everything that happens in the economy, and there are numbers that can help illustrate why a couple thousand people assembled in a Long Island parking lot were so hellbent on out-consuming one another that they were not...(read more)

Palin as Cinderella

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:33:00 GMT

The funny thing about Sarah Palin's expensive new wardrobe is that most of her recent purchases are faux down-market, simple pieces like the black pencil skirt she had on at the convention, or the white blouses she often wears -- clothes that look as...(read more)