Groupon Receives “Buy” Rating From Goldman Sachs And Others

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Best Practices For Social Commerce By 8thBridge

Through an inforgraphic developed as part of its 2012 Social Commerce IQ: Retail report, software vendor 8thBridge investigates where retailers are at today with social efforts and where they should be headed to get ahead of the game. For those looking forward, the report’s main focus is on how innovators are getting the most out of social media.

Social Commerce

Daily Deal Media

Daily Deal Media covers the growing power of social buying generally called “Daily Deals”. With the explosion of companies like groupon, livingsocial and many others, the way consumers purchase online may have been altered forever. Which companies will emerge as front runners in this space, and who are some of the executives behind them? Which investors stand to gain the most, and which companies have they backed? Daily Deal Media helps you keep up with this fast pace industry, and provides valuable insight, resources, industry reports, forums and more.
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DDM Reports
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.
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)
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.