How Ecommerce Will Empower Individuals In the Decade Ahead

The average person sees up to 10,000 ads every day. No wonder people just throw money at whatever -- they'll buy something they don't need, something that doesn't fit them or won't help them. It can be a perpetual need to spend. Then the guilt hits, and more than half of all Americans say that they regret spending on things they didn't need or can't use. A single Black Friday sale generates $74 billion worth of regretted spending in the U.S. alone.