If coupons aren’t attracting more customers, then why keep offering them? That’s what the restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday is wondering, as it signals a shift its strategy: more commercials, fewer coupons. The casual dining chain reported its quarterly earnings this week. While analysts weren’t overly impressed with the numbers, same-store sales did rise slightly, for the first time in nearly[Read More…]
What’s this, a JCPenney coupon? Isn’t this the company whose CEO called coupons a “drug” and didn’t understand why customers liked them so much? A single coupon isn’t enough to signify a total about face, but it’s a start. JCPenney, which swore off coupons and discounts earlier this year (read: “JCPenney Coupons and the CEO: Only One Can Survive”), is[Read More…]
Get your free Lindor Truffles coupon! If you can. A few hours into Lindt Chocolate’s “1 Million Free Bags of Lindor Truffles” Facebook offer that launched today, we’re already seeing familiar signs of a promotion that may be too popular for its own good: a site that’s slow to load, complaints that the coupon won’t print, and frustrated customers branding[Read More…]
Who wouldn’t be loyal to a grocery store that offers 30% savings and lets you use expired coupons? Just in case that wasn’t enough, U.S. military commissaries are now offering a loyalty card on top of it all. The Defense Commissary Agency has completed the rollout of its Commissary Rewards Card, at all 247 commissaries on U.S. military bases around[Read More…]
Would you be more likely to vote for a candidate who gave you coupons? Election officials in Connecticut have been asked to investigate whether that’s even allowed. Democrats in the town of Trumbull have filed a complaint against David Rutigliano, a Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives. When not running for office, Rutigliano runs a local restaurant. And[Read More…]
Well, here’s something that would open up a world of possibilities, if other stores were to follow suit. The Cleveland, Ohio-based Marc’s Grocery & Deep Discount Stores confused couponers this week, with its ad encouraging shoppers to use two manufacturer’s coupon on a single item. A $5 off manufacturer’s coupon appears in its current circular, and $2 off manufacturer coupons[Read More…]
If you have a baby, know someone with a baby, or could possibly come into contact with a baby in the near future – grab your coupons, run to your local store and clear the shelves of diapers right away! Because diaper prices “might” go through the roof soon, or worse, there may be a “global diaper shortage”!! But probably[Read More…]
Many products in your local grocery store are about to turn pink – and that could produce some green, to help fight breast cancer. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and many manufacturers produce special pink packaging this time of year, to signify that they’re donating money to the cause. And coupon companies and grocery stores are getting into[Read More…]
Counterfeit coupons have become so widespread, even the remote reaches of Alaska are not immune. And it only takes a handful of them, to cause some big trouble in a small town. Located about 90 miles from the capital of Juneau, the town of Sitka, Alaska sits on an island that’s only accessible by boat or plane. Sitka has just[Read More…]
If you ever got sued for millions of dollars, wouldn’t it be nice if you could just pay the damages in coupons? That’s what a couple of retailers are currently doing – and the coupons aren’t even all that great. Luxury handbag maker Coach has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit, which accused it of asking for[Read More…]
