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SHOPOCALYPSEMaria Fernandez, Erin Docherty & Xiaoran PengWhat would Jesus Buy?

Has Christmas become the festival for consumer capitalism?

Money TalksIn 2005, retail spending increased by 26% in December (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2005, Media Release Festive Facts and Figures from the ABS)

November December 10

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Increase in Sales (%)

Department Recreational Soft Goods Stores Goods

Retailers

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2005, Media Release Festive Facts and Figures from the ABS Time Well Spent

A Clinical Addiction to Shopping

References-Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2005, Media Release Festive Facts and Figures from the ABS http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbytitle/19B46935E2DC13BECA256B2C00004B40?OpenDocument (Retrieved 7/05/2011)-David Jones, 2010, Media Release ASZ and Media Releases 2010http://www.davidjones.com.au/For-Investors/ASX-and-Media-Releases-2010 (Retrieved 7/05/2011)-Author Unspecified, 2008, Post Screening Conversations: Questions around What would Jesus Buy? http://www.revbilly.com/sites/default/files/material/WWJB_Facts+Info+Conversat.pdf (Retrieved 8/05/2011)-Soulthoughts, 2008, $1 Billion Dollars Worth of Unwanted Presents http://soulthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/christmas-waste-another-reflection-of-our-consumerist-lifestyle/ (Retrieved 8/05/2011)-Youtube, 2006, Shopping Madness: Rat Race http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IctCGVZfdk (Retrieved 11/05/2011)-Youtube, 2007, What Would Jesus Buy? Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGi21YQFjMM (Retrieved 05/05/2011)