The Daily, Local Deals Market is growing…for Groupon!
I finally got a chance to look through Groupon’s quarterly results published earlier this month. Although we make it a point to not publish all that much about Groupon in Canada, (there involvement in...
View ArticleBuytopia acquires 6 deal providers in past 6 months
Buytopia, ranked as the 6th top daily deals site in Canada, has just released information on which sites they have acquired over the past 6 months. Buytopia continues to seek further growth across...
View ArticleRestaurant Industry in Canada; HUGE numbers, consumers and deals
As far as deals go, Restaurants are still the #1 category requested by consumers…by far. Notice I wrote “requested”. Although consumers requesting Restaurant deals continue to outpace other categories,...
View ArticlerDeals from Rogers gone, but The Shopping Channel has major deals, always has.
Last week we wrote about rDeals from Rogers shutting down. It has since done just that. We since had a little email exchange with Jason Tafler, Rogers Media’s' Chief Digital Officer. During our...
View ArticleBeyond The Rack, significant growth in mobile deal commerce
Beyond the Rack recently published their May revenues from mobile commerce.The growth in mobile continues for BTR and their news should help accelerate further mobile commerce investment in Canada from...
View ArticleLaunching the Canadian Deals Association membership
The Deals industry around the world, not just in Canada, has gone through and still going through a renaissance of sorts. “Deals, coupons or promotional offers” as a marketing tool for retailers and as...
View ArticleStarbucks deal sets 2nd highest Canadian record, sells like crazy with...
We will have other examples of top brands selling very well in Canada using Deal Marketing. For now though, let’s focus our attention on what we are officially calling the 2nd most sold local offer,...
View ArticleEcommerce in Canada; new 2012 Stats Canada survey
Stats Canada recently came out with their survey on e-commerce in Canada. The last time this survey was done was 5 years ago. A lot has changed in terms of online buying habits in the last 5 years;...
View ArticleRetailmenot files for IPO; bringing sexy back to the couponing space.
Big news in the couponing world usually comes from the US. Whether its Coupons.com getting a large funding round, Whaleshark buying Retailmenot in 2010, Whaleshark getting about $300 million in funding...
View ArticleYellow Pages Deals API; it can significantly impact the market
There are many tech services and platforms available in the deals space in the United States that are simply not available in Canada. Be they deal networks, mobile deal discovery, merchant deal...
View ArticleTop 3 reasons why consumers engage with mobile ads, leading to local commerce
Survey after survey have found similar results. Here are the top 3 reasons why consumers engage with mobile ads. See reason #2 for the purpose of our audience! 1. Locally relevant...
View ArticleTeambuy acquires DiningDateNight to expand into Restaurant Reservations
Just got word that Teambuy is continuing its expansion, this time into the Restaurant reservations business. They just announced their acquisition of DiningDatenight. This is a strong move by Teambuy...
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A Profile of Buytopia and their success thus far
Buytopia may not be as famous as other and larger Deal commerce services across the country, but they certainly are growing and proving successful. As they gain popularity, merchants, big box and local...
View ArticleStartup community around North America in Montreal this week for...
Yes, Montreal has a festival for everything, Jazz, Comedy, Beer, Food, Wine, and now in its 3rd year, the International Startup Festival.The Startup Festival, taking place in Montreal’s Old Port from...
View ArticleIt’s Official, with buyout of Astral, Bell Media now owns Astral Radio Deals
Now that the buyout of Astral Media by Bell is official, all Astral Assets are also part of the Bell family. This includes the deals program from Astral names Astral Radio Deals. The program is a...
View ArticleDigital Flyers are full of deals. Growing in popularity.
Media publishers, deal publishers and other media companies are driving audience interest by publishing what is still a paper based process: Flyers!. However, now, they are digitizing them in ways that...
View ArticleLaunching Local Commerce Canada
OVERVIEW Local merchants are the life blood of our economy. Their main concern has always been on finding and attracting local customers. Marketing and customer acquisition has gone through a...
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Glacier Media and Social Shopper form Strategic Partnership
Media companies across Canada have had a tough time integrating a deals business into their strategy. What was a promising venture for some a few years ago has turned to a business model in search of...
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