'Cash Mobs' Use Social Media To Splurge In Locally Owned Stores
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 12:32am
Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of online activists is harnessing social media like Twitter and Facebook to get consumers to spend at locally owned stores in cities around the world in so-called Cash Mobs.
Go here for the story by Kim Palmer of Reuters.
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