Looking to save money in a bleak economy, shoppers are increasingly using an old technique that has been updated for the digital age -- coupons. Traffic to Web sites that compile coupons from a variety of stores has increased sharply over the past year, as consumers try to pinch pennies on everything from groceries to laptop computers to rugs. "Shoppers are in a bargain mind set and anything that they can do to stretch their dollars helps," said Lauren Freedman, president of the e-tailing Group, an e-commerce consulting firm in Chicago. Coupon sites had 27.1 million unique U.S. visitors in October, up...
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