Target Cardholders Receive 5% off Beginning This Weekend

Press Release

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Beginning Sunday, October 17, 2010, guests who shop with a Target REDcard will experience even greater value by receiving 5 percent off nearly all purchases made at any Target store or on Target.com everyday. This clear and simple new program extends to all Target REDcard* products, including the Target Credit Card, Target Visa Credit Card and Target Debit Card.

“This innovative, new initiative will provide Target REDcard holders with tremendous value on our exciting merchandise assortment — everything from electronics to fresh food,” said Terry Scully, president, Target Financial Services. “This program makes Target’s low prices even lower, so there’s no need for Target REDcard holders to shop around.”

The simplicity of this new program makes it easy for Target cardholders to stretch their dollar even further with savings on products from entertainment to household cleaners. They can pick up the latest fashions as well as holiday gifts and decor, and receive an additional five percent off Target’s already low prices.

In addition to receiving five percent off nearly all purchases using a REDcard, guests will receive a coupon good for 5 percent off a future day of shopping every time they fill five prescriptions at a Target pharmacy with a Target REDcard.

This new Rewards program will replace the existing Rewards program in which new account holders receive an initial 10-percent-off coupon and existing cardholders earn coupons for 10 percent off a future day of shopping. The existing program ends on October 16 at close of business.

Guests who currently don’t have a Target REDcard can apply for a Target Credit Card or Target Debit Card in any Target store.

About Target

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation /quotes/comstock/13*!tgt/quotes/nls/tgt (TGT 54.16, +0.09, +0.17%) serves guests at 1,752 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target’s commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/hereforgood.

For more information, visit Target.com/Pressroom.

* Upon approval, you will receive 5% off purchases paid for with your REDcard at Target(R) stores and Target.com (Target Debit Card(TM) cannot be used on Target.com), except on prescriptions, Target gift cards and prepaid cards, Target Clinic(R) services, Target Mobile Solutions(SM) and Target Optical(R) eye exams. 5% discount applies to eligible purchases minus any other discounts and the value of any promotional Target gift cards received in the transaction. See program rules at Target.com/redcard for details.

REDcard(R): Existing Target Credit Cards, Target Visa(R) Credit Cards and Target Debit Cards, and new Target Credit Cards and Target Debit Cards. New cards subject to application approval.

(C)2010 Target Stores. The Bullseye Design and Target are registered trademarks of Target Brands, Inc. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: Target Corporation

Target Communications
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Coupons.com’s Launches Grocery iQ Web Site

Grocery iQ, the very popular shopping-list mobile app, went “dot com” today with new companion Web site, www.groceryiq.com. With the site, Grocery iQ shopping lists can now be created and managed on the Web as well as with mobile apps for iPhone®, iPad™ and Android™.

Coupons.com Incorporated, the developers of Grocery iQ, introduced the new site today to offer added flexibility to users by letting them interact with Grocery iQ in their preferred way: using a mobile app or using a Web browser — or even both.

And, with the ability to synchronize lists with other users, households can share lists with family and friends across mobile and Web platforms. GroceryiQ.com is free, as are the mobile downloads.

Read more about Grocery iQ…

Mobile Coupon App Shooger Sweetens the Search for Money-Saving Deals

Press Release

Coral Gables, FL (PRWEB) July 28, 2010 — Providing deal seekers with more ways to find money-saving offers, Shooger, a mobile coupon platform, announced today that it has launched a new website, http://www.shooger.com, with web-based search functionality for consumers looking for local, national and online deals and coupons.

In addition to finding deals on the free Shooger app, available on iPhone® and Android® smartphones, users can now quickly search online for offers by category, merchant or keyword and sort offers based on location. Also, users can share deals with friends on Facebook and Twitter.

According to the Yankee Group, 73 percent of mobile phone users wish to receive offers on their devices and mobile coupon redemption will increase tenfold in 2010. As interest in deals continues to grow, Shooger helps consumers save money on everyday expenses like restaurant bills, manicures, car washes and more.

“There are more than 100 million monthly Google search queries for deal and coupon-related terms, demonstrating that consumers are hungry for money-saving opportunities,” said Matt Myers, chief marketing officer, Shooger. “After reviewing deals on Shooger.com, consumers can download the Shooger app and have access to all offers at all times. Ninety percent of people carry their phones everywhere they go and simply showing your phone to take advantage of a deal saves time and is highly convenient.”

Shooger automatically recognizes users’ locations when they visit Shooger.com and/or use the app and both experiences present consumers with relevant, nearby deals. Additionally, users can increase or decrease their search radius and enter other locations or zip codes to find deals elsewhere.

Today, Shooger offers users more than 100,000 local and national deals from 50,000 merchants searchable by category including Restaurants & Bars, Home Improvement, Travel, Automotive, Dentists & Doctors and Sports & Recreation.

About Shooger

Shooger, a mobile coupon platform, offers consumers local and national deals via mobile devices, giving merchants a new way to engage customers, increase sales and monitor advertising performance in real-time. Users can access coupons through a free app on their smartphone or via opt-in SMS text messages across all mobile phones. Privately funded, Shooger is led by a team of interactive media entrepreneurs with a track record of success in innovative technology solutions. Shooger is available for download at www.shooger.com.

Growth of Digital Coupons Outpaces That of Printed Newspaper Coupons

Press Release

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the wake of recent research indicating coupons distributed via FSI (free standing inserts) in newspapers rose 8.4 percent for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010 compared to the year before,Coupons.com today issued new data that shows digital coupons grew 100 percent during the same period. The data shows that more than $1 billion in digital coupon savings was printed or loaded to a store loyalty card via Coupons.com and the Coupons.com network in the last 12 months, outpacing the growth of coupons distributed in newspapers 10 to 1.

“Consumers continue to crave savings, and more and more of them are tapping digital coupons as an important part of their savings strategy,” said Steven Boal, CEO of Coupons.com Incorporated. “We expect more brands and more consumers to increasingly adopt digital coupons, and we foresee substantial growth across the entire digital domain—with particular growth within social media and mobile environments.”

Printed Savings Exceeds $1 Billion

Printed savings from Coupons.com and the Coupons.com digital network for the 12 months ending June 2010 exceeded $1 billion. This includes savings printed or loaded to a store loyalty card and represents a 100 percent increase compared to $529 million the year before. In addition, printed savings in the month of June 2010 exceeded $110 million, the highest ever recorded by the company in a single month. Growth is attributed to several key factors, including continued consumer adoption of online printable, save to store loyalty card and mobile coupons and increased use of digital coupons by brand marketers, including manufacturers and retailers alike.

Increased Brand and Consumer Adoption of Digital Coupons

According to research from NCH Marketing Services, the Internet was the fastest growing distribution vehicle for coupons during the first half of 2010,2 indicating increased adoption by brand marketers. In addition, according to the most recently available redemption data from NCH, the Internet coupon category outperformed other types of coupons with regards to share of redemptions to percent of coupons distributed,3 making it the most effective coupon method for marketers.

Representing 20.8 percent of the U.S. population, 46.4 million American consumers are now using online coupons, up from 40.2 million in 2008.4 Of the 46.4 million online coupon users, 12.9 million do not read any part of the Sunday newspaper, an 18 percent increase over 10.9 million in 2008.5

Additionally, indicative of trends in the consumer vernacular, Internet queries for coupons and related terms increased on search engines. Specifically, searches on Google for “Printable Coupons” increased 67 percent over a year ago.6 In addition, coupons are increasingly speaking up in the social media conversation, where consumers are sharing them within their networks and brands are using them to entice and reward Likes and followers. In a report by Razorfish, the number one reason consumers followed a brand on Twitter or Liked a brand on Facebook was access to exclusive deals or offers.7 Coupons.com has helped many leading brands with their social media presence, generating millions of coupon prints and encouraging millions of Likes and other engagement objectives.

Consumer interest in savings is expected to continue in better economic times. Research shows that even if economic conditions improve, 8 out of 10 U.S. adults plan to continue to engage in couponing activities.8

To support current and continued growth of digital coupons, Coupons.com Incorporated is increasing its workforce and is looking to hire approximately 50 additional people, growing the company’s workforce by nearly 20 percent. The majority of the positions are located in Mountain View, California, with other openings across the country in regional sales offices.

Demographic of Digital Coupon User

Data shows that users of digital coupons have higher household incomes and are better educated than users of newspaper coupons and the general population, dispelling the perceived low-brow stigma of couponing.

Consumers who print digital coupons have an estimated average household income of $96,000, a 14 percent higher income level than the U.S. average.9 Interestingly, adults with household income of over $100,000 are twice as likely to have redeemed coupons printed from an online source than adults with household income less than $35,000.10

In addition, 33.4 percent of those who print digital coupons have a college degree (up from 30.4 percent in 2008), compared to 28.9 percent of those who use newspaper coupons and 26.1 percent of the general populace.11 Also, adults with college degrees are almost twice as likely to have used coupons in the past six months as those who didn’t graduate from high school.12

Digital Coupons, Popularity by Product Category

For the first half of 2010, Ready to Eat Cereal was the most popular category for both online printable and coupons accessed via mobile apps, and was the 7th most popular category for coupons saved to loyalty cards. Dairy & Eggs was the top category for Save to Card coupons. The deeper variance in the top categories for Save to Card coupons compared to the other two lists is attributed to the fact that brands geo-target campaigns to areas where local supermarkets carry their products which results in a different set of coupons available for consumer selection.

Digital Coupons, Popularity by State

Georgia tops the list of most active states using digital coupons both via Web browsers and mobile apps (including Grocery iQ and Coupons.com mobile app), based on the Coupons.com Savings Index.13 Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Utah round out the Top Five for states using digital coupons via a Web browser, while Oklahoma, Alaska, Missouri and Tennessee round out the Top Five for states using digital coupons via mobile apps. The states in the South and Midwest dominate the top ten spots on both lists.

Top Categories for Coupon Code Offers

Apparel & Shoes was by far the top category for codes and offers used to save on online purchases. Other top categories include Home & Garden, Toys & Hobbies and Computers & Software.

Top Coupon Code Categories
1           Apparel & Shoes-Women
2           Home & Garden
3           Apparel & Shoes-Men
4           Toys & Hobbies
5           Computers & Software
6           Baby & Maternity
7           Electronics & Photo
8           Books, Music & Movies
9           Auto & Travel
10           Sports & Outdoors

About Coupons Incorporated

Coupons.com Incorporated is the recognized leader in digital coupons, including online printable, save to loyalty card and mobile promotions. For consumers, the company’s products include Coupons.com, the 53rd largest Web property and No. 1 in the Coupons/Rewards category in the U.S. †, as well as Grocery iQ and Coupons.com mobile applications. For brand marketers, the company distributes digital coupons to millions of consumers through Coupons.com and thousands of Web sites comprising the Coupons.com digital coupon network. The company also powers digital coupon initiatives in 1-to-1 online marketing campaigns—including display advertising, email and social media programs. For publishers, the company offers solutions to monetize Web site traffic, including branded microsites, and Brandcaster, a self-service coupons syndication platform. Clients include hundreds of top consumer packaged goods brands (including Clorox, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, Kimberly-Clark, and Kraft Foods), leading restaurant, toy and entertainment companies, as well as top retailers (such as A&P, CVS, Duane Reade, H-E-B, Kmart, Kroger, Safeway and Walgreens). Founded in 1998, the company is based in Mountain View, CA. To start printing coupons, visit www.coupons.com. To learn more about the company visit www.couponsinc.com.

Save on Gas with Fuel Coupons

If you have a long commute to and from your job, gas  can guzzle up a big chunk of your monthly budget. Just ask this month’s Frugal $ense winner, Christopher Thomas, who faces a 160-mile roundtrip commute to work every day.

Fortunately for him (and you), he found a simple way to save a few bucks on gas. As they say, every little bit counts.

Get a discount on gas

“Almost everyone has to purchase gas for their cars. And if you’re like me, it’s one of your biggest expenses each month. I went online and signed up for coupons from leading gas companies.” — Christopher Thomas

Read more to learn how to save on gas…

Florida Great-Grandma Takes a Bite Out of Crime

A great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who snatched her purse. Patricia Robertson doesn’t know how she summoned the strength, but the commotion she created helped get her belongings back.

Police said the 73-year-old was accosted at a gas station.

Read more about the Florida crime fighter…

Air France Attendant Held for Robbing Passengers

French police have arrested an Air France stewardess on suspicion of stealing thousands of euros in cash, cards and jewelry as passengers slept on long haul flights, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Police investigating thefts over several months on flights between France and the Far East picked up the 47-year old attendant identified as Lucie R. after she landed from Tokyo on Friday, Le Figaro said.

“Her bank accounts showed an absurd gap between her lifestyle and her declared income,” the newspaper quoted a police investigator as saying.

Read more about the Air France stewardess…

Woman Robs McDonalds Wearing Underwear as Mask

A woman wearing underwear on her head robbed an Oklahoma McDonald’s fast food restaurant and remained at large as police sought to identify her, police said on Wednesday.

Authorities said a surveillance video shows a middle-aged woman, wearing black pants and a black shirt, gloves, and a blond wig walking up to a McDonald’s drive-through window.

Read more about the McDonald’s robbery…

Funny Japanese Tuna Commercial

People go to such great lengths to look good. Sometimes, that can be painful. Check out this commercial to see why.

Victoria’s Real Secret

Lingerie can reveal a lot about a woman. Try to guess what it reveals about the woman in this commercial.

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