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May 21
2013

GrubHub, Seamless Merge; Mobile Drives Food Ordering Growth

Photo: CNN Online restaurant ordering and discovery giants GrubHub and Seamless have agreed to merge their operations, creating a single company. Chicago-based GrubHub currently serves more than 20,000 food ordering establishments in 500 cities, while New York-based Seamless serves more than 12,000 food ordering establishments in 400 U.S. cities plus London. GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney, …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile, Money, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media, Verticals

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May 17
2013

AnyPerk Expands Concept of Employer Driven Discount Clubs

We like the idea of using corporations as a distribution base for media and services. In the 1990s, The Family Education Network built a great newsletter business distributed in corporate lobbies. The concept’s been widely extended with the addition of email and the ability to more effectively target employees based on different criteria. NextJump, for …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 28
2013

SpaFinder Last Minute: Scheduling as Promotion Opportunity

Is appointment scheduling poised to be a new anchor for service promotions? That vision –”look for an appointment, get a deal or upsell ” — has been articulated by a number of scheduling vendors, such as Agendize, FullSlate and Schedulicity. Most recently, RedBeacon founder Ethan Anderson has launched MyTime as a scheduling supermarket that allows …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Local Search, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 23
2013

Payments 2013: New Payment Options Forcing Banks, Others to Change

Disruption happens. In the local space, we’re seeing it happen with Yellow Pages and newspapers. Banks are seeing it happen as well, which will cause a major change in the way that customers keep track of their money, buy goods and services and stay “loyal” to merchants. At NACHPA’s Payments 2013 in San Diego this …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 12
2013

Newspaper Consortium Set to Relaunch Find & Save

The newspaper consortium-owned Wanderful Media is rolling out a retooled version of Find & Save, a shopping info site that it hopes will reinforce ties between the newspapers and the national retailers and brands that have traditionally driven their (estimated) $4 billion circular/insert business. The new version is a localized shopping platform that boasts standard …continue reading »

Categories: Shopping/Transactions

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Feb 8
2013

Ethan Anderson Launches Online ‘Scheduling Supermarket’

Red Beacon founder Ethan Anderson has unveiled his latest project, MyTime, a “scheduling supermarket” that sets dynamic pricing for unfilled appointments. Online scheduling intrigues us as a gateway towards promotions and transactions, but it remains underutilized by SMBs and the space is also highly fragmented. The site launched today in Los Angeles with 1,106 “fully …continue reading »

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Jan 29
2013

Deal Current Unveils Performance Based Coupons

Deals are fading for many publishers. Group Commerce Inc., for instance, is just the latest company to cut back on its support of local deals. But for local businesses, deals remain potent building blocks for a wide range of promotional sales formats. SignPost, Local Offer Network, Boomtime, Analog Analytics and Second Street Media now incorporate …continue reading »

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