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Groupon, Inc. (Groupon) is a local e-commerce marketplace that connects merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount. Each day the Company e-mails its subscribers discounted offers for goods and services that are targeted by location and personal preferences. Consumers also access its deals directly through its Websites and mobile applications. The Company operates in two segments: North America, which represents the United States and Canada; and International, which represents the rest of its global operations. Customers purchase Groupons from the Company and redeem them with its merchants. As of September 30, 2011, the Company featured deals from over 190,000 merchants worldwide across over 190 categories of goods and services. Groupon primarily addresses the worldwide local commerce markets in the leisure, recreation, foodservice and retail sectors. In February 2012, the Company announced the launch of Groupon Thailand. [...] more
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Italian startups go international and grow fast - very fast, indeed. Beintoo, a loyalty and monetization platform for mobile apps, has reached more than 100 millions of mobile devices in less than a year, and is now announcing a $5 million Series A funding led by Italian VC firm Innogest [...] [...] more>>
China's YY.com, with 310 million registered users, is a voice and video service with a virtual goods twist. [...] more>>
ForbesWoman Top 100 Websites For Women: What do we look for? Informative and compelling content, smart navigable design, engaged communities and, of course, a voice that speaks to and for the female reader that’s kept fresh, timely and in-the-know by savvy staffers and impassioned writers. [...] more>>
Although this stock has been one of the best-performing IPOs in the technology sector in the past 12 months it has yet to catch investor attention. [...] more>>
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Square is building out its loyalty tools for merchants as it increasingly competes with Google, PayPal, Groupon and Foursquare. [...] more>>
