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You might think that less wealthy households would be more active coupon users than their affluent counterparts, but you'd be wrong. The folks at Coupons.org recently released some startling data on trends in coupon usage in America. Here's what they found.

Popular daily-deal sites, such as Groupon and LivingSocial, work with businesses to offer group discounts for shoppers. But a new site called oBaz, which launches Tuesday, wants to reverse the model by enabling shoppers to ask for what they want.

Tens of thousands of group deals are purchased every day from sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, but between 18% and 22% aren't redeemed. All that spent-yet-unspent money is an opportunity for a secondary market, and a handful of websites are filling the gap, providing deal-holders a quick way to cash-out on offers they won't use.

Just released are a bunch of Borders coupons, including 33% off the list price of any one item. Expires April 11, 2011. Print the in-store coupon through the link above or online plug in coupon code BNP8573V as you check out. The coupon is also valid at Borders Express and Waldenbooks, but it is...

Get an extra 30% off and free shipping with Land's End coupon code SAVE and pin number 1823. Make sure to enter both as you check out to get the discount. Unclear when the coupon expires, unfortunately. You can also get 30% off all shoes plus free shipping on $50 or more with Land's End coupon code...

Known for Coca-Cola, peach trees and Gone With the Wind, Atlanta now holds yet another honor: It is home to some of the most frugal shoppers in the country. According to data collected by Coupons.com, residents of Atlanta used the site's online coupons more than any other city in the country,...

People who run smaller group-buying sites say the aggregators are by far the best source of new customers and new traffic. And LivingSocial, while big and valued at $1 billion, is still a whole lot smaller than the big kahuna Groupon. So why would LivingSocial take this tack?

As costs rise for tuition, books and dorm-living, you'd think students would want to spend less on everything else. Think again. According to a 2010 report, the nearly 16 million college students who fill campuses this academic year will each drop about $361 more than last year in discretionary...

Groupon, the online social coupon site launched in 2008, is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion-related funding after rejecting a bid from search giant Google worth as much as $6 billion, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the process.

While news that Groupon has rebuffed Google's $6 billion offer has stolen the limelight, Amazon's $175 million investment in LivingSocial could end up shaking up the daily-deal business and helping the No. 2 e-coupon company gain ground against Groupon.