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Editor’s note : We’ve run a lot of guest posts lately poking holes into the daily deals industry.

Stop The Hate: Daily Deals Aren’t All Bad, And Here’s Why

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/25/stop-the-hate-daily-deals-arent-all-bad-and-heres-why/
Editor’s note : Rocky Agrawal continues his in-depth guest series looking at the daily deal industry.

Daily Deals And The Potential For Fraud

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/21/daily-deals-fraud/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/18/ribman-groupon-bashing/

The Rib Man’s Response To Groupon Bashing

Editor’s note : Carey Friedman is the proud owner of Grandpa Eddie’s BBQ in Richmond, VA. This post is in response to a guest series on TechCrunch taking a critical look at Groupon’s business model. I’ve been reading a lot of stories on TechCrunch lately coming down hard on Groupon and, like other happy Groupon merchants, wasn’t going to comment because I thought it was a single story with one author’s thoughts.
Editor’s note :This guest post is part of an in-depth series looking at the daily deal industry written by Rocky Agrawal , an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995.

Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/13/why-groupon-is-poised-for-collapse/
Editor’s note :This guest post was written by Rocky Agrawal , an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995. It is Part II of an earlier analysis of Google Offers . He blogs at reDesign and Tweets @rakeshlobster .

Why I Want Google Offers And The Entire Daily Deals Business To Die

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/11/google-offers-daily-deals-business-die/

Why Daily Deals Are Becoming A Raw Deal

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/03/why-daily-deals-raw-deal/ Editor’s note :This guest post was written by Rocky Agrawal is an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995.He blogs at reDesign and Tweets @rakeshlobster . In the wake of Groupon’s IPO filing, it’s worth looking at the fundamentals of the offer. Growth numbers to date have been phenomenal .

Pourquoi Groupon me bluffe

http://www.petitweb.fr/actualites/jerome-bouteiller-pourquoi-groupon-me-bluffe/ Qui ? Jérôme Bouteiller, journaliste spécialiste du web. Quoi ?
http://www.petitweb.fr/actualites/dominique-piotet-je-naime-pas-groupon-et-mon-dentiste-deteste/

Pourquoi je n’aime pas Groupon, et mon dentiste déteste…

Qui ? Dominique Piotet, ancien dirigeant de l'Atelier dans la Silicon Valley, aujourd'hui Chief Rebel chez RebellionLab et consultant en stratégie digitale. Il conseille notamment PPR sur la stratégie interactive et organise des voyages d'étude.

Groupon domine avec 500 000 commandes par mois - Marché des coupons

En permettant à ses membres de partager leurs bons plans, Facebook a fourni au concept de l'achat groupé les moyens qui lui manquaient jusqu'alors et permis l'émergence d'un pan de l'e-commerce devenu extrêmement concurrentiel en quelques mois seulement. http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/commerce/marche-des-coupons/un-groupon-tres-dominant.shtml
The news that AT&T (T) will start a competitor to Groupon makes it official: We're in the middle of a hyper-local advertising bubble. All the signs are there. First, there's the sheer number of new companies offering mostly identical services: Groupon LivingSocial Facebook Deals Google Offers Aol's Patch.com Yelp Krillion Spreebird AT&T's YP.com They all do basically the same thing: allow advertisers to reach consumers based on their location, often with discounts.

Why the Groupon-Fueled Hyper-Local Ad Bubble Is Set to Burst | BNET

Les sites de commerce basés sur les achats groupés commencent à pulluler sur le web, Groupon étant un des plus connus, Google Offers ayant démarré il y a un peu plus d'1 semaine et Facebook Deals qui vient de démarrer dans quelques villes américaines.

Livingsocial vs Groupon vs Facebook Deals vs Google Offers en 1 image

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Après deux ans d'existence, Groupon revendique 70 millions d'utilisateurs dont près de 20 millions ont été recrutés depuis le début de l'année . Le site d'achat groupé de coupons propose quotidiennement des offres dans 500 secteurs d'activité (contre 300 fin 2010) dans 38 pays. La société, qui ne publie pas ses comptes, aurait selon le " Wall Street Journal " réalisé un chiffre d'affaires 2010 de 760 millions de dollars alors que ses revenus ne s'élevaient qu'à 33 millions en 2009.

L'audience de Groupon US commence à s'essoufler - Groupon dans le monde

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