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New BIA/Kelsey Report Shows Momentum for Card-Linked Offers

BIA/Kelsey is out with my new paper on the status of card-linked offers, which is based on detailed discussions with 14 leaders of the card linking ecosystem, including credit card firms, tech vendors, payment processors, publishers and merchants. Most of…

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Franchises as a Vanguard of the SMB World

Franchises are a distinctive and vibrant SMB segment. By almost every metric, franchises act differently from the overall SMB population. Franchises tend to "live large" -- they do things in a big way, starting with ad spending. At an average…

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Facebook Goes Up Against Craigslist and eBay (Sort of)

Craigslist has outlasted its challengers, and remains the platform to beat for classifieds, or "things to sell" marketplaces. eBay, similarly, remains a leader for the sale of goods - although most are not geographically oriented. Amazon is also active in…

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Yelp Buys Eat24, Taking Online Delivery In House

Yelp is acquiring Eat24, the online delivery and pickup service that competes with GrubHub, Delivery.com and other national and regional players for order-taking, food search and discovery. The service is being acquired for the equivalent of $134 million ($75 million…

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