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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Amazon: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/amazon"&gt;http://twitter.com/amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Amazon Deals: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/amazondeals"&gt;http://twitter.com/amazondeals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;American Apparel: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/americanapparel"&gt;http://twitter.com/americanapparel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BirthdayInABox: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BirthdayInABox"&gt;http://twitter.com/BirthdayInABox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best Buy: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BestBuyCMO"&gt;http://twitter.com/BestBuyCMO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Build a Bear: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/buildabear"&gt;http://twitter.com/buildabear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Buy.com: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Buy_com"&gt;http://twitter.com/Buy_com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dell Outlet: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DellOutlet"&gt;http://twitter.com/DellOutlet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dunkin' Donuts: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/dunkindonuts"&gt;http://twitter.com/dunkindonuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;eLuxury: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/eLUXURY"&gt;http://twitter.com/eLUXURY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Etsy: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Etsy"&gt;http://twitter.com/Etsy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fitfuel: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/fitfuel"&gt;http://twitter.com/fitfuel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ford (Head of Social Media): &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/scottmonty"&gt;http://twitter.com/scottmonty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geeks.com: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/computergeeks"&gt;http://twitter.com/computergeeks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JCPenney: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/askjcp/"&gt;http://twitter.com/askjcp/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MagicHat: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/magichat"&gt;http://twitter.com/magichat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Motorola: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/motodeals"&gt;http://twitter.com/motodeals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NeweggMall: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/NeweggMall"&gt;http://twitter.com/NeweggMall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Overstock: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Overstock"&gt;http://twitter.com/Overstock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PacSun: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PacSun"&gt;http://twitter.com/PacSun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PawLuxury: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PawLuxury"&gt;http://twitter.com/PawLuxury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PetsMart: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PetSmartTLC"&gt;http://twitter.com/PetSmartTLC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starbucks: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/starbucks/"&gt;http://twitter.com/starbucks/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TJ Maxx: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tjmaxx"&gt;http://twitter.com/tjmaxx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Threadless: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/threadless"&gt;http://twitter.com/threadless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Urban Outfitters: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/UrbanOutfitters"&gt;http://twitter.com/UrbanOutfitters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whole Foods Market: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/WholeFoods"&gt;http://twitter.com/WholeFoods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WineEnthusiast: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/WineEnthusiast"&gt;http://twitter.com/WineEnthusiast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Woot: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/woot"&gt;http://twitter.com/woot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zappos: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Zappos"&gt;http://twitter.com/Zappos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Amazon: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/amazon"&gt;http://twitter.com/amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Amazon Deals: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/amazondeals"&gt;http://twitter.com/amazondeals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;American Apparel: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/americanapparel"&gt;http://twitter.com/americanapparel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BirthdayInABox: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BirthdayInABox"&gt;http://twitter.com/BirthdayInABox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best Buy: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BestBuyCMO"&gt;http://twitter.com/BestBuyCMO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Build a Bear: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/buildabear"&gt;http://twitter.com/buildabear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Buy.com: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Buy_com"&gt;http://twitter.com/Buy_com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dell Outlet: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DellOutlet"&gt;http://twitter.com/DellOutlet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dunkin' Donuts: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/dunkindonuts"&gt;http://twitter.com/dunkindonuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;eLuxury: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/eLUXURY"&gt;http://twitter.com/eLUXURY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Etsy: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Etsy"&gt;http://twitter.com/Etsy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fitfuel: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/fitfuel"&gt;http://twitter.com/fitfuel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ford (Head of Social Media): &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/scottmonty"&gt;http://twitter.com/scottmonty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geeks.com: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/computergeeks"&gt;http://twitter.com/computergeeks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JCPenney: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/askjcp/"&gt;http://twitter.com/askjcp/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MagicHat: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/magichat"&gt;http://twitter.com/magichat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Motorola: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/motodeals"&gt;http://twitter.com/motodeals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NeweggMall: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/NeweggMall"&gt;http://twitter.com/NeweggMall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Overstock: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Overstock"&gt;http://twitter.com/Overstock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PacSun: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PacSun"&gt;http://twitter.com/PacSun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PawLuxury: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PawLuxury"&gt;http://twitter.com/PawLuxury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PetsMart: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PetSmartTLC"&gt;http://twitter.com/PetSmartTLC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starbucks: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/starbucks/"&gt;http://twitter.com/starbucks/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TJ Maxx: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tjmaxx"&gt;http://twitter.com/tjmaxx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Threadless: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/threadless"&gt;http://twitter.com/threadless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Urban Outfitters: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/UrbanOutfitters"&gt;http://twitter.com/UrbanOutfitters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whole Foods Market: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/WholeFoods"&gt;http://twitter.com/WholeFoods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WineEnthusiast: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/WineEnthusiast"&gt;http://twitter.com/WineEnthusiast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Woot: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/woot"&gt;http://twitter.com/woot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zappos: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Zappos"&gt;http://twitter.com/Zappos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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  <extract-formatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generally speaking, US retailers seem to have adapted to Twitter more effectively than their UK counterparts, with some great examples of successful engagement with customers on the site. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dell and Zappos are two firms that have often been given as examples, but there are plenty of others. For example, &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/threadless"&gt;Threadless&lt;/a&gt; has managed to acquire an impressive 90,000 followers on Twitter by running competitions to design T-shirts. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I listed &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3417-list-of-uk-retailers-on-twitter"&gt;UK retailers on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; last week, and it was hard to get a list together, and many of the big names are missing. Creating a US list has been easier, but if I have missed any, let me know...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</extract-formatted>
  <extract-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generally speaking, US retailers seem to have adapted to Twitter more effectively than their UK counterparts, with some great examples of successful engagement with customers on the site. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dell and Zappos are two firms that have often been given as examples, but there are plenty of others. For example, &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/threadless"&gt;Threadless&lt;/a&gt; has managed to acquire an impressive 90,000 followers on Twitter by running competitions to design T-shirts. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I listed &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3417-list-of-uk-retailers-on-twitter"&gt;UK retailers on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; last week, and it was hard to get a list together, and many of the big names are missing. Creating a US list has been easier, but if I have missed any, let me know...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</extract-unformatted>
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Download Econsultancy's &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files"&gt;Social Media and Online PR&lt;/a&gt; Template Files, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. Get up to speed with the &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing"&gt;Social Media Trends Briefing&lt;/a&gt; (June 2009) and, if you need examples of great innovation within social media and online communities, then download our &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report"&gt;Innovation Report&lt;/a&gt;.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Download Econsultancy's &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files"&gt;Social Media and Online PR&lt;/a&gt; Template Files, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. Get up to speed with the &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing"&gt;Social Media Trends Briefing&lt;/a&gt; (June 2009) and, if you need examples of great innovation within social media and online communities, then download our &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report"&gt;Innovation Report&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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