Method and system for marketing and/or shopping

摘要

A method of marketing is presented in which a customers in stores use wireless bar code reading terminals to read bar codes related to products in the stores and retrieve information related to the scanned products. A database of customer accounts is maintained and the database includes information related to various coupons that have been issued to the customers. A customer can access their account database via a terminal and view information which can assist them in making shopping decisions, including information indicating which coupons the customer has and which are presently redeemable. Additional features related to coupons and other shopping promotions are also disclosed.