| 1. | In the 1950s, supermarkets frequently issued trading stamps as incentives to customers.
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| 2. | Beginning in the early 1970s the use of trading stamps began to decline.
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| 3. | Like many other stores, Big Bear had a trading stamp program.
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| 4. | His company is one of only two that still print trading stamps today.
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| 5. | Trading stamp mania was proclaimed a threat by some economists and state government agencies.
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| 6. | In a new age of technological optimism, there's a new breed of trading stamp.
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| 7. | The two traded stamps and corresponded for 2 years before actually meeting in person.
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| 8. | Wives kept house and saved trading stamps for little luxuries.
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| 9. | Sales were brisk until the late 1960s when trading stamps began to lose popularity.
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| 10. | It's a little like Big Brother dispensing trading stamps.
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