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Holiday Deals, Now in Your Twitter Feed (SmartMoney.com)

Quoted: By making followers and friends feel they?re getting a deal that?s not widely available, stores increase the likelihood that customers will bite, says Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?This time of year, it?s almost a sport to brag about the deals you got,? she says. ?They?re playing on that feeling.?