Not sure if I’d call it new – but I guess mainstream either way.

There’s a new tool that can help companies predict sales for the coming weeks, or decide whether to increase inventories or put items on sale in certain stores.

Businesses Can Use Twitter to Predict Sales – WSJ.com.

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