Fast Clip From the April 2003 Special Report on Coupons Innovative marketers are trying fresh strategies to push usage

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Avis Launches 'Twice the Love' Promotion As an incentive for consumers to redeem their unused coupons, Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. offers double dollar savings from existing dollars-off coupons... Apr 15, 2004 , PROMO Xtra Coupon Crimes Stung by a surge of bogus Internet coupons last year, merchants in Virginia lobbied for legislation to toughen laws against coupon counterfeiters. As... Apr 1, 2004 , Promo Coupons: Clipping Path Spending on coupon promotions grew about 3.5% to an estimated $7 billion in 2003, fueled by an increase in the volume of coupons distributed. Consumer... Apr 1, 2004 , Promo Coupons Get Revisions, Restrictions and a $800K Bust New Jersey's Division of Criminal Justice has charged a state resident with masterminding a coupon fraud scheme that netted $800,000 from manufacturer... Mar 11, 2004 , PROMO Xtra Coupon Problems Lead to Checkout Rage A woman buying groceries at a Pennsylvania grocery store earlier this month slowed down the checkout line with coupon problems, which ended in a scuffle... Dec 18, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Super 8 Treats MasterCard Customers Super 8 Motels courts MasterCard customers with a fall promo giving away coupon books. Hotel guests who pay with MasterCard get a book of discount offers... Sep 16, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Qwest, Yahoo Field "Human Coupons" Yahoo and Qwest Communications International turn music fans into "human coupons" as part of a nine-city concert tour through mid-October. Qwest,... Sep 3, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Counterfeit Coupons Flood the Internet Homemade counterfeit coupons have begun circulating at an alarming rate on the Internet, turning up through auction services, emails and on message boards... Aug 27, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Frigo Cheese Heads Launches $1 Million Promo with Looney Tunes Cheesemaker Saputo ties with Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes: Back in Action for a $1 million-plus back-to-school promo touting Frigo Cheese Heads snacks.... Aug 7, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Southerners grab Internet deals This summer, the Southeast is hot — and not just in terms of the weather, but also for online marketing. A recent survey shows that consumers in... Aug 1, 2003 , Promo CoolSavings 2Q Revenue Up, Closes Gap in Losses CoolSavings, Inc. has posted second quarter net revenues of $8.6 million, a 69% jump over $5.1 million, one year ago. Income was $0.1 million, versus... Jul 29, 2003 , PROMO Xtra McDonald's Targets Moms with Online Newsletter McDonald's has revived McMoms, a direct marketing program targeting mothers that first debuted in 1994. The new McMoms effort will feature an online... Jul 29, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Travelodge Kicks Off Summer Promotion Guests checking into Travelodge Hotels this summer will be greeted with a $5 coupon good at all Toys "R" Us, Babies "R" Us and Kids "R" Us stores on... Jul 3, 2003 , PROMO Xtra Days Inn Promo to Drive Room Sales Days Inn Worldwide hopes to drive incremental room nights at its 1,900 hotels with its Sizzlin' Summer Days promo offering Hot Deals, Hot Meals and Cool... May 29, 2003 , PROMO Xtra CPG Coupon Volume on the Rise: NCH Study The number of manufacturer coupons printed and distributed by consumer packaged goods companies grew by 3.8% to 248 billion in the United States last... Apr 11, 2003 , Online Exclusive COOLSAVINGS TARGETS ONLINE BROWSERS Online coupon service CoolSavings this week introduced Buy Anywhere, a new program that enables marketers to offer coupons that can be redeemed across... Mar 28, 2003 , Online Exclusive