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coupons stories: 7 news summaries

 Long Receipts
Get Shoppers in a Twist 

But some like the extra coupons

Sep 2, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Buy a pack of gum at a New York drugstore, get a foot-long receipt. That’s just one example of the paper-trail overload generated by many retailers in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reports. What was once a record of your purchase has become a ribbon of countless coupons,... More »

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shopping • retail shopping • coupons • receipt

 Chrysler Woos 
 Current Owners 
 With $1K Coupons  

Company hopes to help sales

May 15, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to boost sales, bankrupt Chrysler is planning to send $1,000 coupons to all its current customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The certificates, good toward the purchase of any new Chrysler vehicle, will be mailed in the next month or so with a letter from CEO... More »

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Chrysler • Robert Nardelli • auto industry • coupons • bankruptcy protection • Jay-ZTV

(AP) - The agency that mails out coupons for digital TV converter boxes expects to eliminate its wait list in 2½ weeks, an official said today. Helped by $650 million from the economic stimulus package, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has started to mail out coupons to the 2.3 million... More »

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television • FCC • digital television • digital converter box • coupons

 Shoppers Embrace 
 Coupon Clipping 2.0 

Digital discounts improve buyer tracking, make coupon use easier

Feb 25, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession has more Americans clipping coupons, sort of. While coupon use has jumped 10% since October, more of those discounts were downloaded to smart phones and supermarket rewards cards—not cut out from the newspaper. And digital advertising, still a 1% sliver of the discount pie, seems to benefit... More »

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advertising • recession • online • discounts • grocery stores • coupons

 Axl Outraged 
 by Dr Pepper 
 Promo Fizzle 

Fury over 'exploitation' of fans in promo that offers free drinks linked to album release

Nov 27, 08 2:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is furious about a nationwide soft-drink giveaway linked to the band's latest album that went bad, reports E! Online. In a promo not authorized by the band, Dr Pepper offered free 20-ounce bottles if Guns N' Roses' new album was released in 2008. But... More »

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Guns N' Roses • Axl Rose • Dr Pepper • Chinese Democracy • coupons • giveaway • Alan Gutman

 Ways to Cut 
 Your Bills 
 Down to Size 

Usual belt-tightening suspects abound: Eat at home, cut out luxuries, get a second job

Nov 18, 08 7:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Spendthrift Americans from all rungs of the income ladder are taking a page from Scrooge these days, adopting new, cash-lite strategies to get through hard times, USA Today notes. They're managing to save by:
  • Hocking whatever's collecting dust in their closets: The average household has $3,200 worth
... More »

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consumer confidence • credit card • savings • coupons • financial crisis

 Hackers Spread Coupon Scam 

Online fakes could cost millions, and take years, to clean up

Aug 27, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An online coupon scam could cost manufacturers millions, and years, to clean up, the Seattle Times reports. A California company says coupons it created as part of a marketing pitch were hacked and distributed across the internet. The firm responded by canceling all coupons related to the scheme, embarrassing even... More »

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fraud • Facebook • scam • online crime • coupons • retailers

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