12 posts and columns on Coupons.com

The Mobile Coupon Is Broken and Procter & Gamble Has Found a Solution

in Commerce on December 19, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Procter & Gamble thinks it has found a solution to distributing coupons on mobile phones.
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WhaleShark Catches $150 Million Round to Invest in Couponing Craze

in Commerce on November 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

WhaleShark Media has raised $150 million in venture capital to continue buying up coupon-oriented sites around the globe.
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Wal-Mart’s New Apps Will Integrate Coupons and Voice Recognition

in Commerce on November 8, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Wal-Mart is launching its first iPad app ever and is refreshing its iPhone app, providing a glimpse of what mobile commerce will be like for the mass market.
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A Nation Divided on How to Say the Word “Coupon”

in Commerce on November 6, 2011 at 12:51 pm PT

You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-may-tah. Poe-tay-toe, poe-tah-toe. And, now there’s this: Coo-pon or cue-pon?
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Coupon Craze Continues With CouponCabin Raising $54 Million

in Commerce on October 19, 2011 at 8:55 pm PT

Investors are seeing a smart buying opportunity in the age-old practice of saving and redeeming coupons. This time, it’s CouponCabin that has raised a hefty round.

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Coupons.com Buys U.K. Couponstar After Big Fund-Raising Round

in Commerce on October 12, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Following two back-to-back rounds worth $230 million, Coupons.com says it has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in Couponstar, a European digital coupons company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Coupons.com, which is working to make traditional paper coupons digital, raised $30 million last week from Greylock Partners, which valued the company at $1 billion. In June, it received a $200 million cash injection.

CouponTrade.com Cuts Out $2.4 Million for Used Marketplace

in Commerce on October 6, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT

CouponTrade.com has secured $2.4 million in capital to develop an online marketplace where consumers can buy and sell unwanted gift cards and daily deals.
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Attention Shoppers: Coupons.com Grabs $30M in Funding From Greylock

in Commerce on October 3, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

VCs search for a bargain in longtime digital promotions site.
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Coupons.com Raises $200 Million to Save Consumers a Lot of Cash

in Commerce on June 9, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

Coupons.com, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company that is trying to bring a very physical institution to the Internet, has raised $200 million in capital to invest heavily in the business and provide liquidity to employees and early investors.
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The Maniacally Offline Business of Coupon-Cutting Sees Digital Growth

in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 10:02 am PT

There are some things that you just never think will go online, like the art of clipping, saving and redeeming coupons. But after 13 years of trying to bring the Depression-era business into the 21st century, Coupons.com CEO Steven Boal says it’s actually happening.

A Service That Says ‘Yes, We Have Bananas on Sale’

in The Mossberg Solution, September 14, 2010 at 1:14 pm PT

Countertrend: H-P Says Please Print Often

in The Mossberg Solution, September 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm PT