While news that Groupon has rebuffed Google’s $6 billion offer has stolen the limelight, Amazon’s $175 million investment in LivingSocial could end up shaking up the daily-deal business and helping the No. 2 e-coupon company ga…
Some pundits have decried the Groupon model as easy to emulate, and predicted fierce competition and price wars. Web industry watcher Alex Salkever used to believe that, too — but not anymore. Here’s why.
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Amid all the chain-store carnage, some smaller merchants are trying to attract shoppers with new concepts, from textbook rentals to made-to-order pants. Some are online only, and others have bricks. But all are finding success …
In an incident that raises the ugly specter of fraud with the new group buying genre, popular site Groupon was apparently fooled by a fake photographer offering a photo shoot deal to more clients than she could possibly accommo…