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  • Groupon Working Too Well For Some Businesses

    Groupon may be working a little too well for some businesses. As Mark D. Carlson and Emily Fredrix explore in an article, some local shops around the country are struggling to handle the customer loads that deals from Groupon are bringing in.

    Last week Groupon announced Personalized Deals, which will make the service all the more attractive to both businesses and consumers, so businesses better be prepared when they get involved with that.

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  • Groupon Personalized Deals Will Be Huge for Customers, Businesses

    Groupon, the service that provides daily deals that save customers money, is getting a lot of attention these days. Now, they’ll be getting much more. Late yesterday, the company announced a big feature in Personalized Deals. Today, they have released an FAQ for those.

    "Personalized Deals is the biggest thing we’ve done since we launched Groupon," the company says. "While Groupon won’t look much different, sending different deals to different users transforms Groupon in four big ways."

    If you thought Groupon was getting big, this feature might be the ticket to making it a household name. Along with the launch of an Android app last week, Personalized Deals is likely going to put Groupon on a lot more people’s mobile devices.

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    As a result of the Personalized Deals feature, users will start getting offers from a growing number of businesses, which are tailored to their location, preferences, and buying patterns.

    "Groupon has become so popular with merchants that we can’t keep up with demand," Groupon says. "Over 35,000 merchants are queued to be featured on Groupon, and with 97% of our merchants wanting to be featured again, that list is only going to get longer. As a response to unmet demand, Groupon has become one of the most prolifically copied websites in the history of the Internet, with over 500 worldwide Groupon knockoffs appearing in the last 12 months."

    There’s no question that the Personalized Deals feature is going to continue to attract businesses to Groupon. Customers have more of a reason than ever to use the service.

  • Groupon and McClatchy Team Up on Deals at Newspaper Sites

    Groupon has signed a national agreement with The McClatchy Company to distribute exclusive content to McClatchy’s sites in 28 U.S. markets.

    Visitors to McClatchy sites will get deals from Groupon that aren’t even available at Groupon.com. These will initially launch in Sacramento and Kansas City, with other regions following over the coming months.

    Groupon Now to be featured on McClatchy Sites In a joint release, the two companies explain their motivation:

    For McClatchy, the agreement provides a key component in a local marketplace initiative designed to bring together consumers looking for bargains with merchants seeking to increase their sales.

    For Groupon the agreement is part of a larger initiative to offer a new, incremental revenue stream to major publishers. According to Sean Smyth, Groupon’s VP of Business Development, Groupon enables publishers to seize consumer interest and generate buzz in their local markets by presenting readers with high-value, unique local market experiences.

    "Groupon has pioneered and perfected the daily deal structure in markets of all sizes across the globe,” said Sean Smyth, Groupon’s VP of Business Development. "As leaders and innovators in the space we continue to ask ourselves what’s next. Providing merchants with major alternative channels to run deals is vital. McClatchy is an ideal partnership that blends our respective strengths to provide consumers with unbeatable savings on great experiences in their local markets."

    Groupon says it has saved its subscribers over $285 million so far. This deal could give that number a big boost.