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USA Today reports on the growth of online coupons: “Leading coupon websites reported record traffic on Cyber Monday. RetailMeNot had 1.1 million visitors, up 57% from a year ago. CouponCabin was visited 400,000 times, up 65% from a year ago. And BradsDeals.com said traffic was up 174%, to 16,000 visitors per hour.

“The growth has picked up since summer, when 44.1 million adults printed coupons they found on websites. That's a 21% increase from the same period last year ... What's driving coupon use is not surprising: 42% of consumers intend to spend less online this Christmas than they did in 2008...”
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