Industry News

Majority of Consumers Using More Coupons

Friday, September 12th, 2008

BRANDWEEK
By Steve Miller

Bad news for trees, good news for business.

A new study finds that 72% of consumers are using more coupons than they did six months ago. Three-quarters of those respondents claimed the economy made them do it.

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Upromise Rolls Out Paperless Coupons

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Boston Herald and Herald Media
By Donna Goodison

Shoppers can skip the hassle of clipping coupons each week and handing them to supermarket cashiers under a new Upromise program.

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Shifts in Shopping Patterns Could Be Permanent

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Supermarket News
By Elliot Zwiebach

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Decisions by shoppers to spend less and shift to lower-priced retailers to cope with rising food and gas prices “are capable of shaking the retail landscape and creating seismic shifts,” TNS Retail Forward, a consulting and market research firm here, said yesterday.

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