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The world’s 10 best shopping cities

The world’s 10 best shopping cities

Don’t hide from it. Revel in it.

Shopping is a drug, and just as therapeutic as anything handed out by your doctor.

That’s why when we wanted to know which international cities deliver the most gratifying shopping prescriptions, we consulted global experts, such as fashion merchandising firm Donegar Creative Services and Marie Bergfelt, senior spokesperson for Global Blue, which publishes the Globe Shopper City Index.

Then we judged cities in four areas, using a one-to-10 scoring scale for each category:

1. Getting around: Quality of public transportation, affordability and availability of cabs.

2. Value: Bargain opportunities, such as sale seasons and average prices.

3. Variety: Number of available brands, range of shopping categories, quantity of upscale shops, department stores, boutique and vintage retailers and market stalls.

4. Experience: City beauty, quality of window displays and shop décor, friendliness and competence of clerks and service staff, dining and accommodation options.

Then we charged into the breach.

Read more at http://travel.cnn.com/worlds-10-best-shopping-cities-193776.