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Jun 27
2011

Small Market Deals: A Talk with Deal Garden

The big destination deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social have developed sites in most of the 150 or so large and medium markets in the U.S. How about markets with populations less than 250,000? There are 84 markets with populations between 150,000 and 249,000, and 121 markets between 100,00 and 149,000. The major …continue reading »

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Jun 22
2011

Yipit Raises $6 Million: We Talk with Co-Founder James Moran

Deal aggregators sort through daily deals and find the best ones for consumers in return for a piece of the action. They are primed to make up a healthy part of the extended family of deals products. But it isn’t certain whether they’ll maintain the cooperation of major deals companies. Living Social and others have …continue reading »

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Jun 6
2011

So — Do We Buy Shares in Groupon? 8 Big Qs

So, do we buy shares in Groupon? We don’t provide investment advice, of course, but as we consider its prospects from a non-investment angle, we’ll be watching for answers to the following eight questions – none of which, unsurprisingly -are adequately addressed in the S1. 1. The cost of the average deal is seen to …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Money, Verticals

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May 24
2011

SignPost Focuses on ‘Deal Scouts’ for Self-Serve Deals

SignPost, an eight person New York-based deals company that has received $1 million of seed funding from Google Ventures and others, is banking on “deal scouts” to originate time-sensitive deals with local merchants and services. The company has deals available around the country, but currently focuses on New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. There …continue reading »

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

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May 17
2011

Groupon, Quiznos Team Up for 8 Sandwich Punch Card

Groupon is moving past deal a day with a Quiznos deal on Wednesdays that will issue an eight “signature sandwich” punch card to users for $26 – roughly half off the $51.92 maximum value. Maybe buyers will indulge in some “overage” –a Snapple and chips? –while they are there. As reported by John Peltz, who …continue reading »

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May 17
2011

DealFind Nabs $31 Million for North American Expansion

Dealfind, a Toronto-based daily deal site, has raised $31 million as it strives for rapid growth to reach 100 markets in Canada and the U.S. The site, which has sold 806,199 vouchers since its launch in 2009, is currently operating in 28 Canadian and U.S. markets (17 in Canada, 11 in the U.S.). It is …continue reading »

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Apr 26
2011

Facebook Deals Launches in Five Markets

Facebook today launched its Deals product as an “Alpha” in five markets: San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta. The effort plays up Facebook’s social connectivity, making it simple to “like” and share deals, and promote throughout the site. The launch comes at a time of rapid expansion in the deals space. Google Offers …continue reading »

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