Group Coupon Sites Abound
In addition to Living Social, which has just launched a local coupon effort, we’ve learned of three other group coupon sites: Groupon, whose tagline is “collective buying power”; Boston-based BuyWithMe,…
Will Sensis Go on a Buying Spree?
An article in the Australian newspaper confirms that Sensis will need to pursue acquisitions in order to meet the five-year growth objectives set out by Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo back in…
LIL 2013: Changing the Loyalty Paradigm: Merchant-First, Consumer Second
Last week at BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local Conference, a panel of players in the local deals and loyalty space walked through the biggest opportunities and pain points they're facing. Tom…
Tippr’s Efforts to Enforce Patents Are Over
Tippr’s efforts to use patents that it had acquired to help persuade deals companies into forming partnerships appears to be over, at least for now. A federal patent lawsuit it…
Deals 3D: Merchant Services Leverage Deals
Deals are more than a one off when combined with merchant services such as mobile payment processing and scheduling, according to panelists at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference in San Francisco…
New BIA/Kelsey Report: Local Deals’ Second Act
Just in time for next week's Deals 3D conference, we've published a new report on mobile deals. The idea is that as deals collide with mobile, it will represent the…
One From the Vault: Andrew Mason Being Andrew Mason
Lately I've been exploring our video archives to pull out hidden gems and relive some of the important takeaways from our past conferences. Appropos to our Deals 3D show coming…
Loopt Backs Into Local Deals
The title of this post is meant to convey Loopt's longstanding presence in mobile local, as well as the "reverse" nature of the deals product it launched today with ChompOn.…
Latest in GeoLocation: You Know You Want.it
Product launches in mobile LBS are reaching ridiculous levels. Without exaggeration, there are many per day, prompting what I've started to call NAGS (Not Another GeoLocation Service). Many are good,…
NBC’s Sean Monzet: NBC O&O Sites Focus on Verticals, Social and Hyperlocal
NBC’s local websites for its 10 owned and operated stations have effectively lowered the average age of users from 44 to 33, boosted the average time spent on site to…