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It is usually used in a lighthearted manner to refer to shopping as a way to alleviate stress, sadness, or other negative emotions. For example, "My friend has been having a tough week, and I'm going to take her out for some retail therapy to make her feel better."
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retail therapy
noun
Shopping purely for pleasure.
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Retail Therapy 07.17.02 A century-old retailer changes to Linux and cuts not only expenses, but aggravation too.
Retail therapy.
("Retail therapy," it's sometimes called).
Retail therapy works.
This is retail therapy at its finest.
Maybe it's time for some retail therapy.
Retail therapy only ever works in the very short term.
Retail therapy has not proved soothing, as Van Gaal said.
"There is such a thing as retail therapy," Krisi says.
Retail therapy has a new, more literal, meaning.
Collective endeavour does more for you than retail therapy.
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