Posts Tagged: groupon


China's daily deals market 2013

China’s Daily Deals Market Hits $1.7 Billion in Q1, Not So Fragmented Any More

It’s time to check back in with China’s massive daily deals industry and see how all the Groupon-like sites are progressing in Q...

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  • May 27, 2013
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The Impact of Vietnam’s Fallen Group Buying Star

Although Nhom Mua, Vietnam’s leading group-buying site, is finally back online, the news of its investigation by authorities – and t...

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  • December 3, 2012
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Groupon Opens Doors on Another Retail Store, This Time in Hong Kong

The doyen of daily deals, Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN), opened a new brick-and-mortar store in Hong Kong earlier today. It comes just over four mon...

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  • November 16, 2012
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Groupon China’s New Owner Nets $40 Million in Funding for Daily Deals Expansion

You might recall that in June of this year, Groupon China was merged with larger daily deals rival FTuan into a company called GroupNet. And...

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  • October 26, 2012
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Daily Deals site Groupon, with a shop in Singapore

Daily Deals: Controversial, But Important to E-Commerce in Asia

Jay Ng was most recently the general manager for Dealised, a Singapore based e-commerce start-up funded by SingTel Innov8. Prior to Dealised...

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  • September 25, 2012
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Groupon Singapore Officially Launches Its First-Ever Concept Store Today

As we reported two weeks back, Groupon Singapore officially opens its world’s first Groupon retail store in Singapore’s Suntec City Mall...

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  • July 4, 2012
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OFFICIAL: Groupon’s China Business Merges With FTuan

Exactly as we’d heard was about to happen in recent rumors, it has just been announced officially that Groupon’s (NASDAQ:GRPN) j...

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  • June 26, 2012
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World’s First Groupon Store Confirmed, Coming to Singapore This July [UPDATED]

As some had expected would happen, Groupon Singapore will be launching Groupon’s (NASDAQ:GRPN) first-ever retail store on July 4, accordin...

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  • June 21, 2012
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CityOffers App Takes Daily Deals Mobile in Vietnam

E-commerce in Vietnam isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. With daily deals leading the trend in 2012, this year is set to be one wher...

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  • January 14, 2013
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venuemob

After Acquisition by Groupon Australia, Crowdmass Co-founders Embark on New Venture, Venuemob

We’ve mentioned Venuemob a lot in our Australia startup news, but never got a chance to really delve in deeper. Venuemob is a Melbourne-ba...

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  • December 3, 2012
  • at 12:42 pm
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Groupon China Rumored to Bring Daily Deals into WeChat App

Now that Groupon’s (NASDAQ:GRPN) official China site, Gaopeng, is effectively controlled by Tencent, the country’s biggest web c...

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  • November 15, 2012
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Groupon Indonesia’s Twitter Just Got Hacked and Hijacked

Well this is awkward – Indonesia’s Groupon Twitter account just got hacked. Formerly at @disdus, the page has now been hijacked and ...

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  • October 4, 2012
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Excite Talks About its Plans For Indonesia, Will Reward Click-Happy Users

Japanese online service provider Excite recently launched its advertising-based points program called Excite Points, claiming to be the firs...

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  • August 8, 2012
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Let’s Not Get Excited About the Gaopeng-FTuan Merger, Guys

There’s been an awful lot of discussion recently about the Gaopeng (Groupon)-FTuan merger announced earlier this week. It’s big ...

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  • June 28, 2012
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uluyu

Another Groupon Clone in Indonesia? No, Uluyu is Different

We have covered a lot of Groupon clones in Indonesia, and now one has come to rapid prominence in just seven months into its business. In No...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Rumor: China’s Groupon Business to Merge with FTuan

The long-running saga over the fate of Gaopeng, Groupon’s (NASDAQ:GRPN) joint-venture in China (with Tencent) is not over yet, with th...

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  • June 21, 2012
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