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How Consumers Can Use Social Media To Ruin Your Reputation - A Case Study on TimTara.com
1. a case study on timtara.com
how consumers can
use social media to ruin
your rEputation
2. It takes 20 years to
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4. what would you do if the reputation
of your brand was at stake?
5. the case of timtara.com
about timtara.com: timtara.com is a noida, India based online elec-
tronics retailer. The online shopping site was
founded in april, 2010.
6. how it all started?
the story of how timtara.com came under fire from its customers for late
shipments and refunds from the company first appeared in the economic times
on 18th
may 2012, one year ago.
13th
May 2012
7. what happened?
CEO Harish Ahluwalia and Director Arindam Bose were arrested on allegations
of fraud amounting to Rs 12 lakh, (The Times Of India)
31st
March, 2013
8. when consumers take their grievences to social media
there were dedicated pages on facebook about the timtara fraud.
9. from march 15 to april 10
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600 mentions of timatara
across the social web
March 29 : Founder and CEO arrested
News spreads like wildfire