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Apr 19
2010

Groupon Gets $135 Million Investment, Plans International Push

Groupon has added $135 million to its war-chest, and now has raised a total of $165 million to fend off competitors in the deal-a-day space it has pioneered. The investment gives Groupon a valuation in excess of $1 billion. The company, which makes its revenue by keeping 35-50 percent of the face value of its …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Misc

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Apr 6
2010

‘Daily Deals’ Galore: Dueling San Diego Media Take on Groupon

The San Diego Union Tribune and the upstart San Diego News Network are launching competing “Daily Deal” products, with Facebook and Twitter accompaniments, and will try to eat into the lead in the local market that has been assumed by Groupon (and Living Social and many others). The SDUT launches its Groupon-like “Sign on San …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, HyperLocal, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Mar 16
2010

Group-Based ‘Deals of the Day’ Sites: 55 (and Counting)

Groupon has a roaring head start in the deals of the day category for groups, with over a million users. We’ll hear all about Groupon from CEO Andrew Mason at next week’s Marketplaces conference in San Diego, where he is keynoting. But there are now countless imitators adding their own deals. New York-based 8Coupons.com, which …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Mar 12
2010

Living Social Raises $30 Million; Goes Head-to-Head with Groupon

The “Flash ecommerce” space got hotter today, as Washington, D.C.-based LivingSocial announced a new $30 million round led by U.S.Venture Partners. Grotech Ventures and Revolution (Steve Case’s company) are also participating. The fund will be used to launch deal-a-day coupon sites in Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Raleigh Durham and San Diego. These cities are actually live today, …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Money, Shopping/Transactions

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Mar 9
2010

Local Mobile Coupons: Analog Analytics Pushes Publisher Solution

Coupons are hot in a down economy, and printable online coupons –and even mobile coupons –are gaining share in the coupons business. But local SMBs aren’t always in on the game, as coupon sites frequently gravitate towards one stop national accounts. Now, Analog Analytics, a San Diego based vendor, is pushing a clever mobile solution …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile, Newspapers

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Sep 8
2009

Group Coupon Sites Abound

In addition to Living Social, which has just launched a local coupon effort, we’ve learned of three other group coupon sites: Groupon, whose tagline is “collective buying power;” Boston-based BuyWithMe,whose tag is “Let’s Get It, Together”; and What’s the Deal DC. Groupon, the pioneer, is a 40 staffer, Chicago-based site launched by The Point, a …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Aug 31
2009

Living Social Goes Local with Coupon Offers

Living Social, the Facebook breakout that includes Virtual Bookshelf and eight other verticals (music, movies, video games, television shows, restaurants, beer, slopes, iPhone apps), has gone local, hiring a sales rep in both New York and Washington D.C to sell special “Living Social Deals.” Additional large cities are envisioned in the near future. The coupon …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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