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A Faint Gloom Cloud Hovers Over The Daily Deal Summit
(via Twitter.com/AustinEvarts) Slouched comfortably in his chair, holding forth on the prospects of a would-be Groupon, TechStars’ David Tisch expressed doubts about the name of the very event where he...
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Whither Groupon? A Wall Street Analyst Breaks It Down
Mr. Rohan (LinkedIn.com) The fate of Groupon has been a topic of intense interest on this blog. So how fares the discount diva these days? According to one Wall Street analyst speaking yesterday to the...
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Four Companies Demo New Marketing Technology at Daily Deal Summit
(Daily Deal Media) All the tech world loves a demo, so we couldn’t leave yesterday’s Daily Deal Summit without catching the Tech Showcase. Four CEOs--slowly losing their audience to lunch--were each...
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Online Dating Site Serves Up a Daily Deal With Your Match
Ms. Kang (twitter.com) On most online dating sites, there's no incentive to connect with someone right away. Match.com profiles are just always there for you to peruse, so there's no pressure to act...
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Daily Deals ‘Wallet’ CityPockets Shuts Down to Make Room for New Couponing...
Ms. Yeoh (linkedin.com) When the daily deals trend collapses, the third-party client apps that streamline daily deals will be the first to go. We're getting a whiff of that today with the announcement...
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New Web App Conveniently Unsubscribes You From All Those Annoying Daily Deals...
Ms. Pische (Google+) Daily deals were on the rise last year, and for a few heady months everyone got really excited about them. Groupon's copy was still cute and quirky and hadn't yet begun to tip over...
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Hungover After an Expansion Bender, Lot18 Pulls Out of the U.K., Lays Off Six
Mr. James (Photo: Lot 18) Yesterday, Lot18--the members-only site for flash sales of wine--announced in a statement distributed to wine industry publications that it will permanently shutter its U.K....
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LivingSocial Lays Off 400 as Daily Deals Lag
IDK. Bet you thought the next big story in the ailing daily deals business was going to be Andrew Mason's ouster. And yet, it's a competitor making headlines: Bloomberg News reports that LivingSocial...
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Hey Not to Alarm You But Groupon Is Selling Out on Lady Pee Funnels
In such feminine colors, too! Ever find yourself wondering, on a slow Thursday afternoon, what Groupon's up to these days? Well, here's an update, courtesy of ABC News: The site is currently running a...
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LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy Is Leaving
Tim O'Shaughnessy is peacing out. (Twitter) After a string of bad news for the company, it looks like the cofounder and CEO of LivingSocial is jumping ship. Tim O'Shaughnessy, head of the daily deals...
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