"Don't shop!" Alert: Fighting inflation by SMS

A chain text message bombarded Kuwaiti mobile phones, calling on Kuwaiti youths to "boycott coffee shops, malls, shopping complexes, restaurants and even co-ops to fight price inflation on March 6".

The same message was forwarded as an email to dozens of people around the state. The author of the email message wrote: "Let us all see the result if we stay home for one weekend. Let's see what business owners will do if they don't get any customers for a single day."

Basic foodstuffs prices continue to surge, registering a more than 40 percent hike in the last three months. Official inflation hit a record annual rate of 7.3 percent this past fall.

[via The Kuwait Times]

emily | 10:12 AM | SMS and Politics |
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