Two groupon infographics for the price of one (bogof)

Posted on by
Reply

5 Hurdles for Group-Buy (1) Impression among retailers that running group-buy promotions is not profitable (2) Perception among consumers that group-buy deals encourage needless spending (3) Idea among end-users that group-buy refunds are rare (4) One bad experience and retailers don’t come back to the platform (5) Deal constraints make buy-in tough for retailers (e.g. minimum 50% discount)

The Numbers Behind Groupon’s Meteoric Rise

Postcard from San Jose

Posted on by
Reply

Before I forget a few thoughts from San Jose & San Fran of a random, nature, mainly connected to our Shopping.com trip..

  1. The day after meeting an English guy over lunch at PayPal HQ in San Jose who told me he lived on the same corridor as the Google guys at Stanford when doing his PhD, the news of Google co-founder Larry Page taking over as CEO was announced.
  2. Google is in Zurich this week (when I wrote this originally on 23 Jan 2011), so if you wondering why you can’t get a hotel in the city, now you know why…
  3. Thanks to a notepad from Office Depot used at our brainstorm at eBay Town Hall, I’ve adopted them as my lucky charm. And funny how it keeps on turning up..

Office Depot's rickshaw in Farringdon!