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Buy Local Blitz: Local Businesses Hit by 'Cash Mobs'
• http://www.commondreams.orgThe first cash mobs were organized back in 2011 in Buffalo, NY and Cleveland, but now they seem to be spreading nationally and internationally, with tomorrow set for International Cash Mob Day.
Yesterday Portland, Maine, a town known for having a strong buy local movement, was hit by its first cash mob. In the event organized by gr8PortlandMe.com, the target was Longfellow Books. Store co-owner Stuart Gersen said, “This puts more people in the store than all day today and all day yesterday.” “We maybe got a few days like this before Christmas.”