Groupons For Local Business: No Magic Bullet - The Retail Doctor
Bob Phipps, writing over on The Retail Doctor, has an 11 piece post on Groupon (and similar sites) and their impact on retail.He makes a pretty strong final argument on his post:Stand for something or...
View ArticleGreen Groupon
Group buying platforms like Groupon and LivingSocial are growing rapidly. Such platforms aggregate consumer demand in order to purchase goods or services at a significant discount. A minimum number of...
View ArticleYeah, Groupon Sucks
The extraordinarily successful group discounter Groupon succeeded in offending pretty much everybody with its Super Bowl ads, which spoofed worthy causes (for instance, actor Tim Hutton bemoaned the...
View ArticleGroupon Misses the Point
So daily deals site Groupon has been forced to make a cut of its own, removing all the Super Bowl campaign adverts which featured celebrities talking about cultural issues whilst enjoying discounted...
View ArticleWill Daily Deals Turn Newspapers Around?
"Groupon is Hastening the Demise of the Newspaper Industry," wrote a daily deals trade pub in April. It could be the other way around.read more
View ArticleSuneel Gupta on What’s up With Groupon
It seems like Groupon has really changed, doesn’t it?!Today’s interview includes some of the back story behind the company’s evolution from a social deal-of-the-day offering to an engine of local...
View ArticleWhat CEOs Can Learn from Andrew Mason's Resignation Letter
There's been a lot of talk and press about Andrew Mason leaving (OK, getting fired from) Groupon. I didn't pay much attention to it until I came across this post over the weekend about The 13 Best...
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