Now that Groupon's IPO appears to be back on track, albeit at a wildly lowered valuation, it is a perfect time to take new stock of the company and apprise its future...

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Groupon is eyeing a move into Thailand's just months after rival LivingSocial entered the country's group-buying market. The online giant is seeking ‘Senior Management Staff' to be part of the...

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This is a quasi-reblog from The New York Times with my view below. Yesterday in the New York Times there was an article discussing Groupon & Zynga's IPO woes (which is their own fault). So, before reading any further please read the original article because it is deeply fascinating, especially when it comes to their [...]

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It's Friday, it's a social media based Xtranormal video, it's from The New York Times & it's poking fun at Groupon. How could we not share this? Enjoy! No related posts.No related posts.

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Last August, I wrote about Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell intent on purchasing Chicago's Wrigley Building. It is official. The building has been sold to a consortium of investors including Zeller Realty Group and Groupon co-founders.


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Amazon now offers Kindle and Kindle 3G with special deals users can receive from AmazonLocal. This turns the popular e-reader into a handheld daily deals platform. Amazon is heading straight into the lion's lair as a competitor to the kinds of daily deals and flash redemptions iPhone and Android phone users can get through Foursquare and Groupon.


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The 9/11 10 year anniversary is this weekend and, I don't know about you, but it's really hard to watch the images of the World Trade Center crumbling over and over and over again. It's understandable to want to make a big deal about this milestone, but watching the footage puts me right back in [...]

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A brand new daily coupon site launched earlier this week, jumping on the online deals bandwagon with Groupon, LivingSocial and others.  But this one’s daring to be different.  Gaypon, founded by Robert Graham and Jason Buszta, caters to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community and offers special deals and offers only from businesses that are known to be gay friendly.  And the coolest part is, a portion of the proceeds goes to LGBT charities and organizations, helping users save m [...]

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On the radio yesterday, they did an interview with Daniel Kibblesmith, a 27-year-old comedy writer for Groupon. Rumor has it he's one of Chicago's most eligible bachelors. And, apparently last night, he was the guy date on The Millionaire Matchmaker. I've never seen the show, but I've heard the guys who are typically on there are [...]

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Christopher MuhrGroupon needs to boost its domestic sales ahead of its public offering. The daily deals website is turning to executives from Citydeal, the European business it purchased last year, to rectify the slowing growth in its domestic business.


Read More: Groupon Turns to Citydeal Team to Rectify Slow Growth

The co-founders of Groupon, Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky, are negotiating the possibility of buying the historic Wrigley Building in Chicago, according to several media reports.


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American Express is scoring some major points with Groupon Hong Kong because the two companies are partnering up to bring benefits and rewards to consumers in Hong Kong. American Express Cardmembers can redeem Groupon cash vouchers at a savings of 60%, presently.Groupon Hong Kong has become the first Membership Rewards partner of American Express from the online group-buying category, adding a new component to the American Express Membership Rewards program. The partnership also shines a pretty [...]

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Groupon general counsel David Schellhase answered Congressional questions concerning his firm. He even disclosed some details of its plan to offer location-based tracking through mobile devices. The disclosure occurred when the largest daily deal company replied on Thursday to questions about its privacy policies.

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Groupon received another thorn in its side this week when the government of Alberta initiated an investigation into the company’s business.  Alberta is determining how to treat Groupon's expiration date policy, and some of their ideas seem a bit odd.


Read More: Alberta Initiates Investigation of Groupon’s Expiration Dates

The popular daily deals site, known as Groupon, is losing an incredible amount of money as indicated by its financial statement or other formal document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Groupon just can’t seem to find its feet. Before it initially filed to go public, it was lauded as the top deals site on the web. In no time, it grew a substantial operation reaching thousands of merchants and millions of users. And then, with its first S1 filing, the honeymoon ended. Lack of profits, founders pulling big piles of cash out of the operation (via dividend payments following venture capital infusions) and merchant frustration were among the issues that surfaced.

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Groupon, the largest daily deals shopping network, announced late last week that they have officially acquired Obtiva, a Chicago-based Ruby on Rails software development firm. Rails was created in 2003 by David Heinemeier Hansson and has since expanded in excess of 1,800 contributors by the Rails core team.


Read More: Groupon Acquires Obtiva to Build Up Engineering Team

The next phase of growth for local deals will be mobile.  Groupon knows this, and so does Yelp, which today is rolling out Yelp Deals to its iPhone and Android apps.  An update to its mobile apps that is getting pushed out today will add a new deals icon to the app.  When you click on it you can see a list of nearby Yelp Deals for discounts at restaurants, spas, and other businesses.  (These are in addition to Yelp Special Offers and Check-In Offers, which already appear on mobile).

With Yelp [...]

Read More: Yelp Brings Local Deals To Mobile And Gives Groupon Now A Run For Its Money

This last week, Dealshelve, the Malaysian based daily deals aggregator, received a letter from Karl Chong, CEO of Groupon Singapore (Beeconomic Singapore) asking Dealshelve to remove all Groupon deals from their site by July 6, 2011 or face legal action.


Read More: Groupon Threatens Legal Action Against DealShelve