Atlanta-based ScoutMob has cut out the high commissions and has launched as an all mobile site as it prepares for the next wave of deals beyond the world defined by Groupon and LivingSocial. The two-year-old, venture-funded site has 40 employees.…
A new partnership between Clear Channel and LivingSocial is seeking to leverage the power of on-air personalities on 500 Clear Channel radio stations. The personalities will rap about the deals in unscripted segments. It would be interesting to know what…
We’ve long known that coupons provide real traction for SMB advertising. Nothing beats a customer walking through the door with a coupon in hand. But a lot of SMB website publishers haven’t really focused on them. DataSphere, on the other…
As deals verticalize, we’re intrigued by opportunities for B2B plays. MarketSharing is offering deals tailored for SMBs (office cleaning discounts, office copier repair, etc.). Now, Cardinal Health, a Fortune 20 company, has launched a pilot with Local Offer Network to…
BIA/Kelsey will offer a view into two of our key forecasts at the upcoming ILM Asia conference, Oct. 25-26 at The Regent Singapore. The first will be the freshly updated global Yellow Pages forecast, which will be summarized in…
Google, Facebook, American Express, Groupon and others are all working on electronic wallet concepts that can help store and process deals along with other promotions and event tickets. At least one deals vendor, however, is banking that it will take…
ILM Asia has added two exciting speakers to its lineup. Adrian Tan, COO of Groupon Singapore, will join our special Deals Forum on day 2 of ILM Asia. Meanwhile, Michelle Sherwood, exec VP of strategic marketing at the Australian directory giant Sensis,…
Tippr’s efforts to use patents that it had acquired to help persuade deals companies into forming partnerships appears to be over, at least for now. A federal patent lawsuit it brought in February against 14 companies -- mostly competing white-label…
Groupon announced this week that it will soon launch Groupon Goods, a division that will sell selective clearance items. The announcement, which comes a day after it announced a merchant rewards program, shows the company moving to really leverage its…
Jonathan Marchbank, the CEO of Dealised, an Australia-based leader in providing social commerce and deals software, will address a special forum on the deals space at ILM Asia, Oct. 25-26, in Singapore. Marchbank will speak on Oct. 26 during a…
At opposite corners of the niche universe, you have Thrillist for men and Comcast-owned Daily Candy for women. Both lifestyle products, founded as email newsletters/shopping guides, have jumped aboard the deals bandwagon, working with Group Commerce Inc. as their tech…
AT&Ti Deals are now in Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles, and will likely be launching deals offerings in 10 markets by the fourth quarter of 2011, according to AT&Ti VP of Business Development Todd Rose, who was speaking at DMS…
One of the questions we have about the deals space is, how social is it really? In early days, with demos leaning toward college-educated women, deals were very social as subscribers referred deals to each other in return for a…
Google’s march into local reached another milestone today with the acquisition of Zagat, a major international provider of high-end restaurant and lifestyle reviews in 100-plus cities. Zagat remains a major player in a reviews space it pioneered in 1979. In…
Groupon has postponed its IPO roadshow and is re-evaluating the timing of its IPO on a “week by week” basis, according to The Wall Street Journal. To us, the delay is not really a surprise. The company has been hit…
I’ve been intrigued by AmEx’s sponsored ads on Facebook promising $5 off for a $20 purchase at Whole Foods. So I signed up for AmEx’s program, which is a JV with Foursquare. Signing up for the program is a little…
Angie’s List issued an S-1 this week as it seeks to raise $75 million from an IPO. The S-1 is full of details about the 16-year-old service reviews company. Its massive, $60 million national ad campaign over the past 18…
Todd Rose, VP of business development at AT&T interactive, has been added to the lineup of speakers at BIA/Kelsey's upcoming DMS ’11 event (Sept. 20-22, in Denver). Deals will be the topic of our executive interview with Rose on…
Facebook and Yelp are downsizing their separate deals initiatives after launching them with some fanfare. Facebook is now limiting its deals to users who check in to businesses, and Yelp is sharply reducing the number of deals it features, while…
Should we be mentioning AmazonLocal in the same list of erstwhile “Groupon killers” as Facebook Deals, Google Offers, AT&T offers and others? As the online retail giant launches its 30th local site -- starting in Boise in June and now…
