by James Eling | May 31, 2017 | Booking, Dimmi, Groupon, tripadvisor, Uncategorised
Too many restaurants are having their customers stolen by Dimmi (owned by Tripadvisor), though a practice known as restaurant adwords arbitrage, from the one place on the internet that their customers details should be safe and that is the Google search for their own...
by Marketing 4 Restaurants | Nov 11, 2016 | Groupon
Multiple sources have reported that Groupon agreed to buy LivingSocial, one of their tough competitors in the daily deals via email war, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition posted the quiet exit of LivingSocial, which was partly owned by Amazon.com and was once...
by James Eling | Jul 1, 2016 | Eat Now, Groupon, Menulog, Online Ordering
Startup Daily is reporting that Alistair Venn, the former CEO of Groupon is the new Managing Director of Menulog. Following the $865 million acquisition of Menulog by Just Eat from the UK, Menulog has grown it’s market to 7,000 restaurants in Australia and New...
by James Eling | Sep 30, 2015 | Groupon
Techcrunch has an article about Groupon closing down in 7 countries, sacking 1,100 people and taking a pre tax charge of $35 million. It is pulling out of Morocco, Panama, The Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Thailand and Uruguay. It also recently pulled out of...