Jun 9, 2012
Local Businesses Turn to ‘Cash Mobs’ to Stay AfloatBy Shawn ChitnisNWCN.com

Spokane, WA – Many small businesses are struggling through this economy.

Some have even considered closing up shop because of slow sales, but a national trend hopes to curtail those closures and help these businesses stay open. Owners are learning that a large group of people all together can have a big impact on a store’s bottom line.

Flash mobs have come and gone in Spokane before, but now people are gathering together not to dance, but to spend their money.

“It really was the difference between opening and closing. Without it, we wouldn’t be here,” Ronnie Ryno of Glamarita Clothing & Accessories said

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