Being worked up is all the rage while shopping

IN an age of rage on the roads and in the air, changing rooms are the latest agent for provocation.

This new form of fury — a condition that afflicts three quarters of women — is brought on by the hazards of high street shopping.

Although its symptoms are no different to more mainstream spleen — namely anger, frustration and disappointment — it has nonetheless earned itself a special label because of the retail arena in which it takes place.