Abstract: A method and system to manage the operation of multiple item promotions which provide a benefit to a customer who purchases a specified combination of items. The present invention monitors purchases in conjunction with Point Of Sale (POS) processing in a retail store and determines when purchase combination promotions are satisfied by a customer's purchase selections. The present invention stores a description of the items purchased in conjunction with the promotion, stores the cost of the promotion to be charged to each sponsor for each benefit or discount provided, and tracks future redemption of coupons or paperless equivalents that were issued in conjunction with a purchase combination promotion.

Abstract: A method and system for distributing promotional offers and other incentives to consumers over a communication network and for the consumers subsequently to redeem at least some of the offers is disclosed. The invention includes storing manufacturers offers and/or retail incentives in a database C associated with a co-operative communication network site 2 and providing information from the database to a consumer in a response to a request from a consumer to the database. The consumer may be connected directly to the database or may be given access to the database while logged into a retailer's or manufacturer's network site in such a way that the consumer is not aware that information is coming from the co-operative communication site. In addition, a transactional second database D is provided for recording transactions on the first database C so that when a consumer selects offers, step 27, from the database, an order is generated, step 28, on the transactional database.