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From the birth of modern retail to shopping as a lifestyle, this work looks at the consumer revolution and how and why shopping has developed from being purely a necessity to a major leisure activity. Beginning with the industrial revolution and the start of purchasing for pleasure, the book looks a the birth of the department store, the huge growth of the supermarket, the uptopian shopping experience - the shopping mall, luxury designer shops and branding, as well as the phenomenon of TV and Internet shopping.