The online deals landscape is getting pretty crowded nowadays, especially since industry giants Google and Amazon put their hats in the ring. Now Google Offers is doing what the company does best—aggregate stuff from multiple sites. The search giant is partnering with 14 smaller deal sites, including Dealfind and Gilt City, so you can …
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Groupon Sues Former Employees Now Working for ‘Google Offers’
On the face of it, things look grim for Groupon right now. Its IPO offers a value around a third of what was originally expected, the Daily Deals business seems to be shrinking, and it’s facing multiple class action lawsuits from former employees. Luckily, it’s fighting back against bad fortune… by suing two former employees who are …
Study: Half of All Daily Deals Don’t Increase Profits or Sales
With Amazon and Google recently launching their own daily deals sites to compete with Groupon and LivingSocial, you might be forgiven for thinking that we’re living in a golden age of savings and reasonably priced offerings. A new study had a message for those who might feel that way: Enjoy it while you can, because it’s not likely to …
Amazon Launches ‘AmazonLocal’ for (Yet More) Daily Deals
Earlier this week, it was Google that was launching a local daily deals program, and now Amazon is getting in on the discounted action with the announcement of AmazonLocal’s launch in Boise, Idaho.
Like Google Offers and other similar sites, AmazonLocal will offer discounts on local products, services and experiences through a daily …
Heads Up, Groupon: Google Offers ‘Google Offers’
And so it begins.
Google’s foray into the potentially lucrative world of hyperlocal Groupon-like deals was announced at the D9 conference yesterday. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt was joined by VP of Commerce Stephanie Tilenius to unveil the beta roll out of ‘Google Offers’ starting in Portland, Oregon (with New York and San …