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The Emke group, which operates the LuLu supermarket and hypermarket chain in the UAE, has announced that they will be entering the discount coupon deal finder site space.

This was previously the domain of small startups only, but the growing popularity of discount coupon sites is now attracting some bigger players. The company plans to pursue a daily deal model which will supplement the many promotions they already have running in their stores. The online deals will be tied in with other company promotions at the LuLu supermarkets, and Emke has hired an outside contractor to manage the site for them. The timing of the move could be an attempt to compete with coupon giant Groupon, which has expanded globally and recently launched UAE service. Another US firm, Living Social, is also getting into the local market with its acquisition of UAE startup GoNabit.

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A new website called BabyCostcutters.com can help parents save big money on the latest baby products with online deals. This site follows the lead of many other coupon bloggers who have narrowed their focus to just one area of products or services, in this case baby products like diapers, formula and food.

The founder of the site Tina Branch is a mom who has discovered ways to never pay retail prices for baby products, and she is passing these secrets on to other parents via BabyCostcutters.com. Retail prices for baby products have been rising, but Branch says that with the right coupons, usually store and manufacturers coupons combined, she's able to save up to 50% on a package of diapers. Her seven month old son also drinks a lot of formula, and at a cost of $9.37 a quart this can really add up. Yet she managed to find coupons that brought the cost down to $1.87 a quart.

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Online coupon deals can help shoppers to save money on big-ticket items and every day expenses alike. There are so many coupon sites today that it can be very time consuming to check them all out in search of the newest, hottest and best online coupons each day.

One site that's well worth checking out for parents is called Parent Deals. If you're looking for kid and baby deals of the day, then this coupon site is for you. The Parents.com staff hand-picks the merchants featured, and you can sign up for membership to receive coupons and vouchers via email. In terms of usefulness, RedPlum.com ranks highly. It is from the same company that publishes the RedPlum coupon insert in Sunday newspapers and mail, and offers printable coupons for groceries, drug store items, restaurants and services.