Mark Armitage, Director of Marketing, SocialShopping | Daily Deal Media – Daily Deal News & Site Reviews | Industry Data & Reports

Mark Armitage

Mark Armitage is Director of Marketing Communications for Socialshopping.com, a new online shopping network and community which brings together thousands of shopping fans looking for the best tips and bargains both online and whether they love. Socialshopping offers an open technology platform which allows consumers and shops alike to create pages and share information about their favorite brands and products.

Posts by Mark Armitage

Is the Groupon Bubble about to Burst?

Written by Mark Armitage, Director of Marketing, SocialShopping January 21, 2011

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Mark Armitage, Director of Marketing Communications for Socialshopping.com By anyone’s standards, the $950m in investment recently procured by Groupon is a staggering figure. Already, some are questioning the wisdom of Groupon’s backers and whether they can really justify such a show of financial faith. But what [...]

DDM Reports

2013 Daily Deal Media Industry Report

The annual DDM Industry Report is the most comprehensive look at the Daily Deal industry. The 2013 report is our 3rd edition and takes a close look at the rocky road the deal industry faced in 2012 and the challenges coming up in 2013. Entering 2013, the deal industry appears to have found its mainstay in the ecommerce world. The debate remains, often brashly, as to the future of the industry as technology and consumer buying habits continue to expand. Throughout the sections of this report you will find exclusive insight to valuable daily deal intelligence including case studies, surveys, checklists, best practices, data, research, trends and much more. Within this 3rd Annual DDM Industry Report readers will find a unique review of the deal industry throughout 2012, highlighting key trends, players and developments over the past twelve months leading into 2013.

2013 Deal Publisher Directory

The 2013 Edition of the DDM Deal Publisher Directory is the most comprehensive contact list for daily deal sites, flash retailers, aggregators and individuals operating in the daily deal industry. Each record includes the following: - Company Name - Website - Contact Name - Contact Title - Email - Phone - Address (not all records contain a full mailing address)

2012 Merchant Leads - 152,833 Records

The 2013 Merchant List includes 152,833 Merchants who ran 529,306 daily deals in 2012 with publishers tracked by DDM. The data includes contact details for each merchant and additional deal detail.