UK-based BagThat has just snagged a neat $3.2 million in funding in a round being led by Oxford Capital. The combination auction and group buying site says it will use the new funds to enhance its services. Daily Deal Media’s own Stephanie Taylor introduced BagThat earlier this month following the company’s launch in London. BagThat [...]

There are so many smaller countries in Europe, it doesn’t often occur to us that group buying is popular in pretty much all of them. Take this report from the Croatian Times for example. The online news portal is reporting that within the last two years, over 60 group buying websites have popped up in [...]

Social Media is on the rise and businesses need to assess their marketing strategy to improve their online presence. So says a recent infographic by Moore Consulting Group, a Tallahassee, Florida-based company that offers public relations, advertising and marketing services. But these insights go beyond just their relationship to marketing PR. Earlier this year, Facebook [...]

Qype is an online review site in the U.K., very similar to Yelp here in the United States and has announced that they’re bringing in some big numbers. Reaching 860,000 places reviewed, the site has 25 million unique monthly visitors, making it the biggest review site in the region. Its closest competitor is Yelp in the [...]

UK based Gloople, a B2B social sharing e-commerce platform, has created an infographic titled, The Future of the Social Customer. The new visual aid says that right now only 9 percent of commerce is being handled online but that the number of companies generating sales through online social sites and mobile is projected to reach [...]

Online retail seems to develop a new flavor every season. This time, it looks like Social Gifting is the latest buzzword in e-commerce. Here, consumers on social media channels like Facebook can individually, or in groups, purchase gifts (e-gifts) for their friends. Participating retailers are finding this type of customer engagement to be particularly effective. [...]

Social networking is growing exponentially more dangerous with each passing day. That’s according to AVG Technologies’ newest report, which highlights the emerging trends of mobile device attacks through the spread of malware, viruses, and other hacking efforts undertaken through social network connections. Recently, AVG Technologies – the provider of Internet and mobile security to more [...]

BagThat is a new London-based social network infused shopping website that offers great deals on brand names like Samsung, Rush Hair & Beauty, TheGadget4U, Halfords and the Real Wine Company. Here’s how the site works: Users bid on how much they’re willing to pay to suppliers for any particular item. The user then shares on [...]

Nathalie Gaveau is the founder and CEO of Shopcade, a social shopping website that started as a mere Facebook application and now is a stand-alone website. Gaveau has a history of building successful e-commerce businesses. She co-founded and was the Managing Director of PriceMinister, which is an e-commerce site in France that is bigger than [...]

Just-Eat is an online food-ordering website based in the UK and has announced that it has secured $64 million in funding to expand its offerings and perhaps even acquire a business (or several!) The site’s founders have just completed a third round of funding, led by Vitruvian Partners in conjunction with current investors Index Ventures, [...]