CARIBOU COFFEE: is giving consumers a needed jolt following Daylight Savings Time. Through today, the Minneapolis-based coffee chain is giving away free shots of espresso in any drink at its 400 stores. The company started the giveaway on Sunday after consumers turned their clocks forward one hour for Daylight Savings Time.
COMMERCE BANK: is adapting a popular Japanese promotion this spring, enclosing coupons in free tissue packs. Hoping to appeal to hay fever sufferers and the general consumer, the bank is adding a coupon offering new depositors $20 for opening a new account. It kicked off the campaign with distribution of 5,000 pocket tissues to hockey fans during a game (NY Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leaves) at Nassau Coliseum in New York on March 10.