Facebook, Twitter Influence Holiday Gift Buying, Survey Shows – Bloomberg


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Facebook, Twitter Influence Holiday Gift Buying, Survey Shows
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9 (Bloomberg) — Social media has influenced 28 percent of US holiday shoppers in gift-buying decisions this year, according to a survey by ComScore Inc.
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