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Online shopping therapy reaching new heights

IMPULSE BUY: Melissa Jean Footlick, 42, of San Diego, is among the millions of shoppers behind the surge in online retail sales, sometimes making spur-of-the-moment purchases. For no reason, Footlick purchased a game in which players throw rubber chickens at targets. / MELISSA JEAN FOOTLICK VIA AP
IMPULSE BUY: Melissa Jean Footlick, 42, of San Diego, is among the millions of shoppers behind the surge in online retail sales, sometimes making spur-of-the-moment purchases. For no reason, Footlick purchased a game in which players throw rubber chickens at targets. / MELISSA JEAN FOOTLICK VIA AP

BVtween technical glitches and food worries, retail therapy and sheer amnesia, something has happened to shopping during the pandemic that can be summed up thusly: rubber chickens. Melissa Jean Footlick bought some while sheltering at home in San Diego with her husband and three dogs. She’s a kidney transplant patient, so she’s been taking extra

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