But not surprising, given that Oxygen is the home to such fare as My ShoppingAddiction, The Bad Girls Club, and every possible incarnation of Tori Spelling and her husband.
Personal consumption accounts for about two-thirds of American GDP, so the fact that consumers appeared to be keeping their nerve, unable to shake off their addiction to shopping, provided comfort to some observers.
Some drug abusers fill their needs by visiting several doctors to obtain many prescriptions to satisfy their addiction, a practice known as doctor shopping.