Includes index. "Updated and revised for the Internet, the global consumer and beyond"--Cover.

Instead of Samoa, stores: the science of shopping -- Walk like an Egyptian: the mechanics of shopping -- Men are from Home Depot, women are from Bloomingdale's: the demographics of shopping -- See me, feel me, touch me, buy me: the dynamics of shopping -- Screen savers, jet lag and whirling dervishes: the culture of shopping.