Luxury brands have started to explore Facebook's viability as a retail channel as the social network continues to position itself as the one stop shop for communications, networking and marketing on the Internet.
Saks Fifth Avenue is driving foot traffic to several of its locations as part of a cross-promotional effort with InStyle magazine that integrates the mobile social game Foursquare.
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