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Andrew Mason Exits Groupon With One of the Best Goodbye Emails Ever Ousted after bad earnings report

Give Andrew Mason credit. He came in like a smart aleck, and that's the way he's going out. The Groupon founder was fired from the company's CEO position today after a…

February 28, 2013, 5:23 PM EST

LivingSocial Nabs Former Best Buy CMO Digital deals player hires Barry Judge

LivingSocial today tapped Barry Judge as CMO, the same role he held at Best Buy for the last four years during his decade-plus tenure at the big box retailer. He…

January 8, 2013, 3:58 PM EST

Starbucks' Heavy Metal Gilt deal offers $450 stainless steel loyalty card

Whether Starbucks coffee is anything special is a matter of opinion, and yet the brand clearly has many caffeine addicts hooked. But are they willing to fork over $450 to replace…

December 6, 2012, 1:35 PM EST

Laser Hair Removal—or Derek Jeter? Groupon's big MLB deal is good news for battered tech firm, bad news for LivingSocial

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's "the plane crash is much more interesting than the safe landing" comment yesterday probably didn't exactly help sales for his company's vacations product, Groupon Getaways. However,…

November 29, 2012, 3:08 PM EST

Groupon's Deal Worsens Daily Chicago company's Q3 disappoints investors

Tough times continue for the deals firm Groupon, which disappointed Wall Street on Thursday (Nov. 8) with a net loss of $3 million for the third quarter and below-expectations revenues…

November 8, 2012, 5:28 PM EST

1-800-Flowers.com Throws Bouquets at Facebook Offers Rosetta Stone and Coastal.com also praise the young deals platform

1-800-Flowers.com just hit 500,000 Facebook fans and today is commemorating the social media milestone by pitching free shipping, no service charge and a $10 Zynga gift card via Facebook Offers.…

September 19, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT

Are You Ready for Some (Cheap) Football? Weak economy spurs deal sites to pitch pigskin tix; enter Crowd Seats

In a climate where Groupon’s stock plummet has sullied the general outlook for deals sites offering everything from pole-dancing classes to Bermuda vacations, maybe a pure sports platform is just…

August 28, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT

GM Hits Runway to Get Women on the Roadway Automaker teams with Isaac Mizrahi, LivingSocial, Time Warner to promote the latest Chevy Malibu

To get women in the driver’s seat in the 1950s, General Motors hired the “Damsels of Design,” an all-female team of auto designers who created female-friendly models like the Chevy…

August 20, 2012, 12:04 AM EDT

11 Other Localish Companies Google Might Buy Following Zagat and Frommer's deals, look for search giant to continue to buy local

Early this week news broke that Google is acquiring the venerable guidebook publisher Frommer's. That comes on the heels of the search giant's eye-opening deal to purchase Zagat last year.…

August 16, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT

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