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Buying clothes = losing weight, says new report
Women will burn more than 12,000 calories each year just by going shopping, according to new research... carried out by a shopping centre.
According to the Daily Mail, "that's the equivalent of eating 65 packets of ready salted crisps, 43 Mars bars or 99 Starbucks cafe lattes.
Researchers found that the average woman will walk 2.02 miles on each shopping spree. Going on a total of five trips a month adds up to 10.1 miles - or 121.2 miles a year.
And with a mile of walking burning an average of 100 calories, women will work off more than 200 during every shopping trip or 12,120 every year.
But men aren't so lucky as their shopping trips will see them burn off just 8,928 calories over a year - or 744 calories a month.
The poll, of 2,000 people, revealed that the average Brit's shopping trips will take around a staggering 18,150 stores during their adult lifetime.That's 25 shops every month or 300 each year.
Golden Square Shopping Centre, in Warrington, which carried out the poll, said: "Not only is shopping fun but there is now proof that it really is good for you."
Brilliant! I can drop pounds as fast as I spend them. Now all my womanly wants will be fulfilled. I can be skinny *and* buy pretty dresses. Who says consumerism doesn't make you happy? Thank you Daily Mail! Women will burn more than 12,000 calories each year just by going shopping, according to new research... carried out by a shopping cen... more -
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (Trailer)
"With virtually no government or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing industry has been able to use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world." "With virtually no government or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing industry has been able to use the latest... more
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Che Guevara's children tired of commercialization of their father's imag...
Two of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's children said Thursday they were tired of seeing their father's image used to sell everything from T-shirts to vodka, calling the growth of the revolutionary as a global super-brand "embarrassing."
Aleida Guevara, the eldest of Guevara's four children by his second wife, Cuban revolutionary Aleida March, said the commercialization of her father's image contributed to tension between rich and poor in some countries.
"Something that bothers me now is the appropriation of the figure of Che that has been used to make enemies from different classes. It's embarrassing," she wrote during an Internet forum sponsored by Cuba's government ahead of what would have been her father's 80th birthday on June 14.
Aleida Guevara was asked about the use of her father's image to sell British vodka and French soft drinks. She decried those campaigns as well one in Switzerland that uses his likeness to peddle cell phones.
"We don't want money, we demand respect," wrote Guevara, who is a trained physician like her father. Two of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's children said Thursday they were tired of seeing their father's image used to sell ... more -
São Paulo: A City Without Ads
Adbusters Magazine ran this interesting story last fall (Adbusters #73, Sep-Oct 2007) by David Evan Harris, and featured an interview by On The Media’s Bob Garfield with Vinicius Galvao, a reporter for Folha de São Paulo, Brazil’s largest newspaper, about São Paulo’s ban on visual pollution. São Paulo’s “Lei Cidade Limpa” or Clean City Law, which went into effect last year, put an end to commercial advertising and signage around the city, the fourth largest metropolis in the world. The ban extends to all kinds of outdoor signage and has a greater reach than putting an end to billboard campaigns, and has become an unexpected success. Read more in this fascinating feature about ending visual pollution in São Paulo. Adbusters Magazine ran this interesting story last fall (Adbusters #73, Sep-Oct 2007) by David Evan Harris, and featured an interview ... more
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Esquire's top ten car commercial songs of the year, or, Wilco make good car-s...
Esquire has compiled a list of this last year's 10 best car commercial as part of their annual music awards, The Eskys. Right off the bat, you should notice the importance of Jeff Tweedy to the car industry ... and half-baked lists. Esquire has compiled a list of this last year's 10 best car commercial as part of their annual music awards, The Eskys. Right off... more
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New sales program pays Facebook members
A new application aims to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members who help merchants sell to their friends. A new application aims to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members who help merchants sell to their ... more
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Are There Enough Movies Based on Board Games?
Nothing passes time like playing a board game or watching a movie. Then again, who has time these days? Leave it to Hollywood to come up with a solution. Nothing passes time like playing a board game or watching a movie. Then again, who has time these days? Leave it to Hollywood to come ... more
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The rise and fall of the shopping mall
The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a staple of American surburbia. Are Americans still going to the mall? The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a sta... more
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Man nails Santa to cross to protest commercialism
Art Conrad has an issue with the commercialism of Christmas, but instead of just shunning the malls and turning off his television, he's decided to share his distaste with his West Bremerton neighbors by displaying a 15-foot crucifix bearing Santa Claus in place of Jesus. Art Conrad has an issue with the commercialism of Christmas, but instead of just shunning the malls and turning off his television, he... more
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The Art of Selling Out
The Moby Quotient, generated by the formula below, determines the degree to which artists besmirch their reputations when they lend their music to hawk products or companies. The Moby Quotient, generated by the formula below, determines the degree to which artists besmirch their reputations when they lend th... more
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