A new website, founded recently in the US, is aiming to become one of the big players in the daily deals market. That Free Thing, like rival sites such as LivingSocial and Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN), offers discounts on numerous products on its website every day. The site launched in the autumn of last year, and [...]
Three deal offering companies have refunded all online coupons issued for a butcher shop based in Ottawa, after the business stopped accepting the vouchers. Aubrey’s Meats stated that financial problems following the sudden death of its owner mean it can no longer accept or sell the online coupons it had advertised. The daily deals companies [...]
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Groupon’s (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN) share price has fallen overnight after the company said that its revenue and earnings were below the figures that it had reported during February. The daily deals giant, based in the US city of Chicago, revealed that the misjudgement in earnings was down to accounting mistakes. Groupon’s admission of the earnings overstatement [...]
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Authorities in Dubai have launched an investigation into Groupon Middle East (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN), following a large number of complaints because of the company’s poor customer service. Hundreds of complaints have been made against the daily deals giant after customers saw major delays to their orders. Groupon Middle East is currently registered in Dubai Media City, [...]
A new website created by a 25 year-old entrepreneur from Glasgow is providing daily deal offers all in one place. Dealley.com claims that it can offer an easy way for UK-based daily deal customers to receive the best offers available directly to their inboxes. According to recent reports, Glasgow-based Jordan Konopate set up Dealley.com after [...]
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The daily deals company Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN) has been given three months to improve the way in which it operates by a regulator in the United Kingdom. An investigation undertaken by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) discovered “widespread” examples of consumer protection rules being broken. The OFT has said that it has had particular [...]
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LivingSocial, the second-biggest daily deals business, has announced that it is planning to launch its first credit card in upcoming months. The move is designed to help vendors attract repeat business from customers, Chief Financial Officer John Bax said last week. The card, which is set to have no annual fee, will be offered with [...]
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A number of daily deal websites are beginning to add to their luxury offers by giving away deals which could help to ease healthcare costs, particularly for people in the US. Users of deal sites are finding a range of discounts on healthcare services such as eye tests, medical checkups and chiropractic care. Daily deals [...]
Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN), the daily deals giant, is set to go for an image makeover. The changes will attempt to improve the public view of the company, after it went through a series of public relations mishaps since filing for its initial public offering (IPO) late last year. The business has recently hired a public [...]
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Small Firms Can See Mixed Fortunes From Their Dealings With Daily Deals Websites
A number of reports in recent months have revealed that some small businesses have struggled after offering discounts on their products with daily deals websites, with some even coming close to bankruptcy as a result of the huge number of claimants for their offers with deal providing companies. The large US-based firm Groupon (Public, NASDAQ:GRPN) [...]