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April 30, 2013
Digital coupon provider hires eBay exec

Digital coupon site RetailMeNot has appointed Giulio Montemagno as the company's first SVP of international. He will report to COO Kelli Beougher.

April 26, 2013
Mobile coupon app expands retail selection

Yowza, a leading mobile coupon app for iPhone and Android, has announced that more than 70,000 locations nationwide now accept Yowza coupons.

April 11, 2013
RetailMeNot launches updated app

Digital coupon site, RetailMeNot.com, is launching an updated version of its free RetailMeNot Coupons app for iPhone that includes the ability for consumers to search for and find digital coupons for nearby retailers located in 500 shopping malls.

April 9, 2013
Ullman returns as JCPenney CEO

Myron E. (Mike) Ullman has rejoined Penney as CEO, effective immediately, replacing Ron Johnson, who is leaving the company.

April 4, 2013
Study: Americans engaging in retail therapy

The a good amount of Americans, particularly women, are using shopping to improve their moods, according to a new survey.

March 25, 2013
Coupons.com launches meal-planning app

Digital coupon site, Coupons.com, has announced the public beta launch of KitchMe, a next-generation meal planning and savings web application.

March 22, 2013
The future of savings thanks to Apple

Coupon publisher News America Marketing has expanded its mobile application to the iPhone following last year’s introduction on the iPad.

March 20, 2013
Verge helps Alco connect with customers

Alco has launched a branded smartphone app powered by Verge Connect.

March 7, 2013
RetailMeNot launches online magazine

Online coupons site RetailMeNot.com has launched a new online magazine, The Real Deal by RetailMeNot.

March 4, 2013
RevTrax offers protection for digital coupons

RevTrax, an enterprise promotion platform, has launched PromoVault, a promotions tool that enables marketers to securely execute e-commerce digital coupon campaigns across any channel or device.

February 28, 2013
Valpak shows some love with Facebook

LARGO, Fla. — Coupon distributor Valpak took to Facebook last month to ask consumers to show what they love for the chance to win cash in the first ever Facebook promotion featured on the front of the Valpak envelope.

Since the "Show Us What You Love" Sweepstakes started last month, Valpak has had an overwhelming response. Photographs of adorable babies, furry puppies and sunny beaches filled with families – have been sent in through the Valpak Facebook contest.

January 30, 2013
Coupons get more mobile in 2013

Mobile couponing is expected to greatly increase in popularity this year.

January 30, 2013
Digital deals dominate 2012

Digital coupons are increasingly being used as a marketing tool for major brands, as evidenced by the rise in such offers between 2011 and 2012.

January 30, 2013
Silicon Valley vet joins media solutions provider

Valassis, a provider of intelligent media delivery, has hired Silicon Valley innovator Rajat Shroff as VP product development for Brand.net, a Valassis Digital Company.

January 24, 2013
Consumers forsake brands for loyalty card deals

One-in-five consumers between the ages of 35 years and 54 years are choosing products due to a loyalty card discount, SymphonyIRI Group reported Wednesday as part of its Q4 2012 MarketPulse survey.

January 4, 2013
Ace adds instant savings to rewards

Oak Brook, Ill.-based Ace Hardware launched Instant Savings, a program for Ace Rewards members that allows them to receive instant discounts at the register.

November 20, 2012
Walgreens courts Black Friday crowds with mystery mobile coupon

Walgreens will offer customers a mystery mobile coupon to draw them to the store on Black Friday.

November 12, 2012
J.C. Penney to celebrate Black Friday with its ‘only sale’ of the year

Dallas -- J.C. Penney announced it will celebrate Black Friday with its only sale of the year. The retailer said more than 1,100 J.C. Penney stores will open their doors at 6 a.m. on Black Friday to offer low prices on gifts for the entire family — with no coupons or rebates required. Associates throughout the store will be equipped with mobile checkout devices.

October 4, 2012
Grocery savings site partners with Catalina Marketing

TheGroceryGame.com, the largest grocery savings site in the U.S., is partnering with Coupon Network/Catalina Marketing which provides online printable grocery coupons.

September 20, 2012
Target offers mobile coupons via Passbook

Target customers who receive the retailer's mobile coupons can now access them on their iPhone or iPod touch via Passbook.

September 14, 2012
Filling the competitive in-home knowledge void: retailer advertising and promotion

With shoppers making fewer trips and impulse purchases, the need to influence them earlier and more frequently in the purchase decision-making cycle is critical for sales success. To accomplish this, consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers and manufacturers are increasingly using cooperative advertising and promotion programs that target shoppers at home when they are most likely to be planning shopping trips and creating lists. As retailers, understanding what your competition is planning for in-home is just as essential to staying competitive as what’s happening in-store.

August 3, 2012
Metro Group’s Real hypermarket chain deploys IBM couponing app

Hypermarket chain Real, part of Metro Group, worked with IBM to launch a new electronic coupon system throughout its 320 German stores.

July 24, 2012
Supervalu extends mobile couponing app to independent stores

Supervalu is making the mobile couponing app, Yowza!! available to more than 1900 independent stores.

July 17, 2012
Study to explore retail crime potential of new point-of-sale technology

Researchers at the University of Arkansas's business school are looking into the potential for criminals to exploit new retail technologies like mobile coupons and touchless payment, the university said Tuesday.

July 12, 2012
Coupon activity on upswing, as are sales

No Wonder Walmart’s U.S. sales are on the upswing. Kantar’s Marx media solutions group this week in its mid-year report noted free standing insert pages for Walmart increased nearly 82% to 2.5 billion pages during the first half of the year.

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