Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Feb 1
2012

Filing: Living Social Lost $558 Million in 2011

Living Social, in a battle with Groupon and other deal providers to gain (and keep) market share, lost an eye popping $558 million beyond its $245 Million in net earnings, according to a regulatory filing by Amazon.com, which owns 31 percent of the company. The filing was written about in today’s Washington Post. The Post …continue reading »

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Dec 2
2011

The Amazon Influence: Living Social Beta Tests Premium Membership Program

Amazon’s a sleeper bet to really shake up local commerce . But what does that look like? For sure, we see the pieces being assembled…the focus on Amazon Stores, the $175 million Living Social Investment, the Kindle Fire rollout, the expansion of Amazon Prime to include access to a range of content, the build up …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Shopping/Transactions

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Aug 26
2011

AmazonLocal Now in 30 Markets

Should we be mentioning Amazon Local in the same list of erstwhile “Groupon killers” as Facebook Deals, Google Offers , AT&T offers and others? As the online retail giant launches its 30th local site – starting in Boise in June and now heading into NYC — we’re certainly watching carefully. What we’ve seen is that …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Google, Shopping/Transactions

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Jan 20
2011

THIS is E-Commerce: Living Social, Amazon Score 1.2 Million Sales

When Amazon made its deal to invest $175 million in Living Social, it wasn’t entirely clear how Amazon played in the local deal space. Sure, Amazon has its own non-local deals. And it owns Dallas-based Woot, a product-based deals provider. Still, it wasn’t clear. Today, we have a better idea how they play together. Amazon …continue reading »

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Dec 3
2010

Living Social Gets $175 Million From Amazon: Amazon’s Local Strategy?

Fresh in the wake of reports that Google will spend at least $5.3 Billion on Groupon, Living Social — the Avis of Deal a Day — has announced a $175 Million investment from Amazon. It simultaneously announed an additional $8 Million investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners. “If you want to become the biggest local commerce …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Google, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Jan 27
2010

VC Frank Quattrone: ‘Vertical Stacks of Tech’ is Trend

Venture capital king Frank Quattrone (the banker behind Amazon, Netscape and Cisco) has a message: IPOs have gotten too big, innovation is being stifled, exits are being delayed and firms need straight-forward advice, not Wall Street “casinos.” “Wall Street no longer knows how to value,” he complained, during a breakfast talk before 500+ VCs and …continue reading »

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Jul 1
2008

TeachStreet, Find-A-Local-Teacher Site, Gears Up for Market #2

TeachStreet, which lists and profiles local independent teachers for everything from test prep to tennis lessons, is close to its official launch out of beta in Seattle and readying a second market in Portland, Ore., according to founder Dave Schappell. From there, it will add the Bay Area. Schappell says the development of Portland will …continue reading »

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