{"id":189380,"date":"2010-01-16T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T23:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/the-rise-and-fall-in-weight-of-the-female-handbag\/13884\/"},"modified":"2010-01-16T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T23:10:46","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-in-weight-of-the-female-handbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/189380","title":{"rendered":"The rise and fall (in weight) of the female handbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/chartofaveragewomenshandbagweight19902010.jpg\" alt=\"The rise and fall (in weight) of the female handbag\"><\/p>\n<p>The rapid development of personal entertainment and communication technologies is causing quite seismic changes in the weight the average UK female carries in her handbag. Research conducted for UK Department Store chain Debenhams each year for the last two decades shows that the doubling of weight of the handbag between 2002 and 2006, due to the adoption of laptops, has been completely reversed in just three years by the adoption of smartphones, replacing laptops and filofaxes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/computers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Computers<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/consumers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Consumers<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/debenhams\/\" rel=\"tag\">Debenhams<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/handbag\/\" rel=\"tag\">handbag<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/mobile+phone\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mobile Phone<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/smartphone\/\" rel=\"tag\">Smartphone<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/women\/\" rel=\"tag\">Women<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4925\/\">NetFlix Type &#8221;Borrow and Return&#8221; Retail concept<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4159\/\">New Spray Impacts Perception of Age &#8211; takes an average six years off a woman&#8217;s age <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/5919\/\">Instant Man in Your Glove Box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4661\/\">Solar-powered handbag lights up inside and charges your cell phone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/6861\/\">The Little White Purse by Saab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/5809\/\">Women dominate mobile phone gaming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/SCZCOniJe8YZLp8ydp0YdgvVHZQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/SCZCOniJe8YZLp8ydp0YdgvVHZQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/SCZCOniJe8YZLp8ydp0YdgvVHZQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/SCZCOniJe8YZLp8ydp0YdgvVHZQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=gE2usRIB9Ls:CuVTkERerT8:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/gE2usRIB9Ls\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapid development of personal entertainment and communication technologies is causing quite seismic changes in the weight the average UK female carries in her handbag. 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