Coupons

  • Coupon Collecting: From Dorky to Cool

    Coupon Collecting: From Dorky to Cool

    Years before, a lot of people would have found it embarrassing to be seen in public using coupons for their purchases. People considered it dorky and un-cool to get discounts on anything purchased by using coupons. Nowadays however, it seems that things have turned a hundred and eighty degrees because what was then considered as…

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  • Groupon Launches Big Y Program For Grocery Shoppers

    Groupon Launches Big Y Program For Grocery Shoppers

    Groupon, Inc. recently launched its Big Y program in supermarkets and grocery stores in Boston, Massachusetts. One of Groupon’s purposes in launching this program is to eliminate problems of fraud that have been occurring, mainly in printable Internet coupons. This same problem has kept major companies like Procter and Gamble from using printable online coupons.…

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  • Coupons.com Achieves a $1 Billion Valuation as it Scores a $200 Million Investment

    Coupons.com Achieves a $1 Billion Valuation as it Scores a $200 Million Investment

    Thirteen-year old company Coupons.com recently secured $200 million on its initial investment involving institutional investors. The investment has also given the company a $1 billion appraisal. This information comes from a source who has direct knowledge of the deal. Coupons.com’s recent valuation is now the latest in a series of private IT companies that have…

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  • The Groupon Coupon

    The Groupon Coupon

    A New Deal: How Long Will Consumers be Loyal to the Groupon Loyalty Card? Popular online coupon website Groupon made an attempt earlier this week to become more like a traditional coupon business by implementing test loyalty cards at supermarkets. Groupon joined two Boston marketing services on June 7 to launch a test at Springfield,…

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  • Online Coupons Becoming Increasingly More Popular to Budget-Conscious Shoppers

    Online Coupons Becoming Increasingly More Popular to Budget-Conscious Shoppers

    Nowadays, more and more shoppers turn to the Internet and browse over daily deal sites to collect their coupons electronically. Sites like Groupon.com or LivingSocial.com and their increasing number of Twitter followers ( 54,000 for LivingSocial and 39,000 for Groupon) is proof of this online couponing trend. This is not a bad thing either, because…

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  • TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” Prepares for a Season Two

    TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” Prepares for a Season Two

    Reality television program Extreme Couponing has truly attracted a large chunk of America’s viewing population. Proof of this is the staff’s preparation for a second season of the show. Despite the mixed publicity that the show is getting, it cannot be denied that thousands of homes are drawn to watching the extreme couponers being featured…

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  • “Extreme Couponing” Features Expert Couponing Family From Sylvania

    “Extreme Couponing” Features Expert Couponing Family From Sylvania

    June 8’s episode of “Extreme Couponing” featured a couple from Sylvania, Ohio, who have practiced couponing for three years. The Crothers are a family of nine and what makes them amazing is that despite having a large family, all they ever spend on groceries every month is only about $200. According to Joni Crothers, when…

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  • Groupon May Gain More As Non-Coupon Users Plan to Try The Company’s Deals

    Groupon May Gain More As Non-Coupon Users Plan to Try The Company’s Deals

    Following its announcement of a public offering, a consumer survey done by Bloomberg/YouGov suggests that Groupon may be gaining more in the next six months. This is because, according to the survey, those consumers who have not yet tried using online coupons plan to do so with Groupon’s online coupons. According to the survey, 19…

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