Posts Tagged ‘ Coupons ’
Last Thursday, General Mills became the first large consumer packaged goods company to offer a deal on a daily deals site. The company’s promotion on Groupon gave consumers in Minneapolis and San Francisco the opportunity to receive more than $40 of General Mills products (e.g. Cinnamon Toast Crunch) and a $15 coupon book for the [...][ READ MORE ]
Everyone loves a bargain and during the holiday season, searches for coupons and discount codes are always commonplace as shoppers quickly check for promotions from specific retailers before making a purchase (e.g. jcpenney coupons, proflowers coupon free shipping). Searches increased throughout the holiday season beginning in October and culminated during the week ending Dec 18, [...][ READ MORE ]
Visits to retailers have been higher each week during the 2010 holiday season as compared to last year (8% increase for the week ending Dec. 18th, 2010) and coupled with the higher traffic are searches for coupons and promotional codes. Shoppers have become accustomed to so many deals and discounts being available, that they quickly [...][ READ MORE ]
During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, P&G started a campaign called ‘Thank You Mom‘ to help with the cost of travel and accommodations for the mom (or important supporter) of all of the Team USA athletes so they could see their children compete. The accompanying website, Thankyoumom.com provided content from blogs, videos and tweets from [...][ READ MORE ]
Shoppers have plenty of gift buying left to do this season according to a survey released by the NRF which found that the average shopper had completed 46.7 percent of their holiday shopping by the second week of December, down 47.1 percent completed by this time last year. With just over two weeks left in [...][ READ MORE ]
Almost everyone loves a bargain and during the cost conscious holiday shopping season last year, discounts were more popular than ever. This year looks to be no exception for the discount hungry consumer with searches up 19% last week as compared to 2008. Searches on a portfolio of search terms around coupons and promotions from [...][ READ MORE ]
Everyone loves a freebie and when a coupon for the new grilled chicken at Kentucky Fried Chicken was posted on Oprah.com, the impact was immediate. The volume of visits to Oprah.com increased 46x on Tuesday, May 5th as compared to the previous day and increased another 36% on Wednesday, May 6th. The promotion was very [...][ READ MORE ]
Amid the trying financial climate, consumers are still doing some holiday shopping, although in more moderation than last year. For the week ending Dec. 13, 2008, the market share of visits to the Retail 500 represented 4.28% of all internet visits, down 6% from the same week last year (week ending Dec. 15, 2007). The [...][ READ MORE ]
