msft should give every customer an iTunes card.

sounds like the Wal-Mart of banking. Well played, banks!

Coupons in Sunday's paper do tend to come before the goods are on sale in the store. Store circulars usually come on Tuesday or Wednesday, so there's that lag. If the product marketing team has done its job, then everything should come together within a week: media advertising, print ads, coupons, shelf space, product placement. You've got to make 8-10 impressions to cement the product in the mind.

sorry, issue 12.01 - from 2004.

See also this Wired article from 2001 that explains how Celine Dion is louder than AC/DC.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/play.html?pg=2

go figure.