Electronics and smartphone retailers are seeing a jump in sales of mobile charging equipment since Pokémon GO was released in the United States two weeks ago and are now looking for more ways to drive potential customers into stores through the wildly popular game.
AT&T Inc, GameStop Corp and RadioShack are all seeing a bump in sales of mobile chargers and in some cases charging cases since the game went live on July 6, with GameStop reporting a 45% jump in sales and Radio Shack seeing a 50% increase, executives told Reuters.
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