Photo by Daniel Robison / WBFO
Lander's clothing store in Jamestown, N.Y., prepares for a "cash mob" to descend last week.
Photo by Summer Jo Shepherd / Courtesy of Cleveland Cash Mob
Members of Cleveland Cash Mob shop at the Nature's Bin grocery store in Lakewood, Ohio, during a cash mob event Saturday.
Originally published on Thu March 29, 2012 6:36 am
You may have heard of "flash mobs," where a mass of people invade a public space to make a scene. Now the idea has been turned on its head by "cash mobs," where large crowds of consumers show up at small businesses to spend money. But it's not just about propping up the local economy.
It's 5 o'clock on a Friday, and mostly quiet in the Lander's Men's Store, a mom-and-pop clothing store in Jamestown, N.Y. But shop owner Ann Powers is anticipating a mob.
"You get kind of nervous thinking, 'Oh, nobody is going to show up,'" she says. "Or else maybe there'll be so many people that the police will have to monitor."
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