#groupon

There was a time not too long ago when the only way to get really, really rich was to build something amazing like Henry Ford with cars, find something...

It's easy for bloggers to take shots at people who are much more successful than the blogger ever will be whenever the subject of their wrath makes...

In 2011, we wrote about how Groupon must fail to save the internet . At the time, there were already some fishy things happening in the Daily Deals segment…

More companies are looking at ways that will enable them to go green with their marketing efforts.

We've been very critical of Groupon and its founding CEO Andrew Mason. The enigmatic Silicon Valley guy has famously shunned Google's $6 billion bid for his…

Stocks shot up 18% after a report that Groupon had slayed expectations from The Street to post its first quarterly profit. Better decisions on marketing...

Few public companies have experienced the type of roller coaster ride that Groupon has been on in such a short time. From darling to dud to darling and...

There is an inherent problem with the "daily deals" concept. At what point does saving money on items get trumped by buying too many items that we don't...

One might argue that the concepts of "flash sales" and "daily deals" are very new concepts, but they have been working well for over a decade online. The...

The only thing certain about the future of daily deals is that the industry's future is uncertain. It's not a play on words or a failed attempt at...

In less than a month, Groupon's highly-lauded stocks have plummeted from their IPO sale price of $28 closing today at $15.24, down 46% since their...

If it wasn't for Netflix, Wall Street, and Herman Cain, Groupon would probably still be one of the biggest punching bags by bloggers and mainstream media...

There is much truth in Ben Parr's Mashable story about the end of the "Daily Deals Era". The end of Facebook Deals last week was viewed as a benefit for...

That didn't take long. After testing the waters that Groupon and LivingSocial dominate, Facebook has pulled the plug on Deals. "We think there is a lot of...

The easiest way to get people to use a service is to save them money. That fact has been the catalyst for the tremendous growth of Daily Deals group...

In many ways, social buying was inevitable. Once eCommerce started really taking off last decade followed by the growth of social media, the two seemed...

Loopt has announced a new service that’s essentially a reverse Groupon, allowing users to get custom deals made on demand. The geo-social app company...

There is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes before they can do real damage. That opportunity is Groupon, and the opportunity presents itself in the...

Groupon's Superbowl ads have already generated a firestorm of controversy . The spots, which variously made light of endangered whales, rainforest depletion…

Google couldn't buy them and some believe this is a good thing. As more numbers start to get tossed out about valuation, profits, and potential, GroupOn's…

Google might of lost the battle with Groupon, but the Search Giant clearly feels that they have not lost the war in hyper-local deals just yet.

There is a lot of chitter chatter going on throughout the tech industry about a big potential acquisition of Groupon by Google, but the biggest question yet…

While most have only heard of "social buying" in the last couple of years, it has actually been around since 2004 (an eternity in Internet time) with...