Groupon deal of the day
| 6:00AM 3/12/2012
American Express is making a bid to bring cardholders its own version of Groupon-like daily deal offers, joining forces with Twitter in an attempt to turn America into a "couponless nation." The program will undoubtedly offer good discounts -- but can it last in the long term?
| 5:00PM 4/26/2011
Everyone loves to save money, and group-buying websites like Groupon and LivingSocial make it seem so easy. But they also make it easy -- and very tempting -- to buy more than you need, things that you don't, and coupons you'll never redeem. But you can tame your group-buying habit.
| 4:00PM 12/04/2010
While news that Groupon has rebuffed Google's $6 billion offer has stolen the limelight, Amazon's $175 million investment in LivingSocial could end up shaking up the daily-deal business and helping the No. 2 e-coupon company gain ground against Groupon.
| 3:30AM 12/03/2010
Just a few days after Google reportedly offered $6 billion for the top group-buying site, Groupon, the service's biggest rival, LivingSocial, has scored a $175 million investment from Amazon. But how long will these hot deals last?
| 9:21AM 11/16/2010
Some pundits have decried the Groupon model as easy to emulate, and predicted fierce competition and price wars. Web industry watcher Alex Salkever used to believe that, too -- but not anymore. Here's why.
| 10:30AM 10/29/2010
Forget the lines, stress and early rising on November 26. Every day is like Black Friday with savings on the iPhone application Overwhelming Offers: OO on the Go. Save from home, work or on the commute between the two.
OO on the Go gives big discounts on a variety of purchases. Previous offers...
| 11:30AM 10/12/2010
Amid all the chain-store carnage, some smaller merchants are trying to attract shoppers with new concepts, from textbook rentals to made-to-order pants. And many are finding success in a bruising economic environment.
| 2:00PM 9/30/2010
The fun people at Groupon are at it again, offering a college scholarship to the offspring of a couple who use the company's coupon on a first date.
That's got to be an awkward first date: Using a coupon, or Groupon as the company calls it, and then taking a photo on that first date with that...
| 9:14AM 9/17/2010
In an incident that raises the ugly specter of fraud with the new group buying genre, popular site Groupon was apparently fooled by a fake photographer offering a photo shoot deal to more clients than she could possibly accommodate, and promoting herself with photos stolen from other artists.