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American Express Leverages Spending History, Location For Mobile Deals You Actually Care About

My Offers taps what AmEx calls the "spend graph" to give cardmembers access to deals and discounts at nearby merchants. And it knows your mom couldn't care less about getting 50% off tickets to a three-day electro-fest. READ MORE

Do Groupon And LivingSocial Do More Harm Than Good?

The Groupon hangover is setting in, and providers and retailers alike are looking for a Bloody Mary.READ MORE

Deals Company Valuations Are Plummeting: Report

A new study says the daily deals field is glutted with copycats, and it’s up to Groupon and LivingSocial to prove the model works.READ MORE

Why Deals Aren’t Dead--And Why Facebook Will Be Back

When Facebook pulled out of the deals space, some people started predicting the end of the industry as a whole. But the main lesson is simple: The deals business is harder than it looks. And that’s good news for Groupon.READ MORE

LivingSocial Invades The Middle East

LivingSocial has acquired popular pan-Arab coupon site GoNabit for an undisclosed sum, which is good news for local startups and quite bad news for Groupon's struggling Middle East operations.READ MORE

Mob Manager Helps Businesses Handle Groupon-Related Customer Onslaught, Panic Attacks

Groupon can deliver a stampede of new customers to your business. But then what?READ MORE

LivingSocial's New Deal: $50 Worth of Japan Disaster Relief for $50

The Groupon competitor joins Apple, Zynga, and Lady Gaga, among others, in seeking cash for relief efforts. READ MORE

Fumble: Groupon's Super Bowl Spots Boost Traffic a Paltry 3%

If CEO Andrew Mason's candid response--"We hate that we offended people, and we're sorry that we did it"--wasn't evidence enough that these ads were poorly executed, a new report from Nielsen leaves nothing to the imagination.READ MORE

LivingSocial Traffic Surges 80%, Groupon's Declines 20%

According to a new report, group deal service LivingSocial is "narrowing the gap" on Groupon, thanks to support from Amazon.READ MORE

Groupon Competitor LivingSocial Gets $175 Million From Amazon

As reports of a Google bid on Groupon swirl, Amazon invests a solid chunk of change in its chief rival, LivingSocial. But how does the scrappy rival measure up?READ MORE