Survey Finds Shoppers Under The Influence Are Spending More
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Monday, March 25, 2019
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An annual survey from Finder.com projects Americans as a whole will spend about $40 billion shopping under the influence in 2019. That's up from $30 billion last year.
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DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Good morning. I'm David Greene. So here's the good news. Fewer Americans are drunk shopping these days. The bad news - drunk shoppers are spending more. That's according to an annual survey from finder.com. They project Americans as a whole will spend about $40 billion shopping under the influence in 2019, up from 30 billion last year. The most common item people buy - food. I guess those jumbo slices of pizza really add up - I mean, hypothetically speaking. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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