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  • Hey UK folks: Marks and Spencer now has a mobile website

    Hey UK folks: Marks and Spencer now has a mobile website

    While the iPad may be too confusing for the British, that's not stopping UK retailer Marks and Spencer from rolling out a mobile version of their website. I guess if you're the kind of person who shops at Marks and Spencer this might be good news for you. And while m.marksandspencer.com is not a particularly mobile-friendly URL to key in, the site does helpfully explain upon your first visit how to make a home screen icon from Mobile Safari by pressing the + icon.

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  • Printed coupons are from New Jersey, online coupons are from New York

    Printed coupons are from New Jersey, online coupons are from New York

    RetailMeNot.com, "a top consumer destination for coupons, discounts and promotional codes for merchandise, groceries, travel and services", shared some interesting statistics about consumer coupon use for the first month of 2010. New Jersey loves printing off coupons for use in brick-and-mortar stores, while New York prefers online coupon codes. Almost 15 million people visited RetailMeNot.com in January and saved over eight million dollars with online and printed coupons.

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