Shop Local Cash Mob
Tue, 7 Feb 2012|
NBC 10's Alison Bologna reports on a group of local shoppers helping out local businesses with a cash mob.
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There are a lot of independently -- local businesses that are having a hard time you know just trying to creatively figure out how to have how to pay the bills and and work through this really slow time of year.
Mobbing is a new trend and it's designed to be sort of a danger shopping. These folks hope to do it every month. This cash -- was the second one now in this state so here's how it works first they are BP to an event. Because central location like here and then the stored they're going to cash bond was revealed. It's if this show social planning shopping adventure anything goes -- the sticking cash -- location. And the owners here I'm thrilled. We. Did -- last week as guests and it was our civilians that would that be great nice store had a left to CN. This is especially important this time a human sales were a bit slower and when this business as they can form community and support each other. Good to see a store full of people who are looking and shopping admiring his. It's what I bring you open your small business. It's the all I appreciate. At the first cash bond -- its sales were about a thousand dollars by the collective group. And it's those sort of sales that can make or break small businesses according C organizers here -- so let's I'm locals say they're hoping. Each -- want to be since.
Hostile to small businesses in the area that you know about it I really excited about it in there are a lot of them present here today yes definitely.
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