Groupon

Awards

2011: Top 50, Retail

Fast Company

Is Competition Killing Your Productivity?

Like any weapon, competition needs to be handled with care. Here, we explore how to foster collaboration-boosting competition without slipping into toxic everyone-for-themselves territory.

Fast Company

How Groupon Bounced Back

Thanks to fewer video game references and more mobile downloads, Groupon shares have quadrupled since last November. But can this extra life last?

Fast Company

Groupon Buys SideTour To Bring You More Intimate, Personalized Events

Groupon’s acquisition of SideTour, a small startup that’s built a reputation for carefully curated, one-of-a-kind events, gives the company a chance to make a play for the increasingly personalized local events space.

Fast Company

Groupon Eyes The Luxury Market With Reserve, Its New Online Reservations System

The company built on deep discounts is trying to go high-end with a new reservation service.

Fast Company

European Square Rival SumUp Gets Funding Boost From Groupon, AmEx

Deals site Groupon and credit card giant American Express have invested “double digit” millions of euros in European mobile pay firm SumUp.

Fast Company

Andrew Mason Reveals Plans After Groupon

In a characteristically bizarre blog post, ousted Groupon CEO Andrew Mason announced he’ll be moving to California, working with Y Combinator startups and, er, releasing an album of business advice songs.

Fast Company

Groupon Launching iPad POS System For Retailers

Groupon is offering steep discounts to retailers who adopt their new cash register-replacing iPad POS system, Breadcrumb.

Fast Company

LivingSocial Ordered to Pay $4.1 Million To Settle Class Action Suit

The judge ruled the single payment settles claims of 11 million customers that the daily-deals site violated federal and state law.

Fast Company

Exclusive: Eric Lefkofsky’s First Interview As Groupon’s CEO

The chairman and cofounder of the beleaguered company defends daily deals, opens up about its problems, and tries to redefine the service as a next-generation Costco.

Fast Company

Rap Genius Dissects Fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason’s Farewell Memo

“Seems like Andrew has too much swag for a public company. They need to find more of a ‘boring loser’ type,” and other notes on Mason’s farewell memo.

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

Ideas

The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

Ideas

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Entertainment

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

Entertainment

“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

Entertainment

The Costume Designer For “Game Of Thrones” Explains Euron Greyjoy’s New Swagger

Co.Design

Product

Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

Product

This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

Product

Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

Fast Company

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

Leadership

Why Telling John McCain To Beat Cancer Feeds A Dangerous GOP Narrative

Entertainment

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Is Competition Killing Your Productivity?

Like any weapon, competition needs to be handled with care. Here, we explore how to foster collaboration-boosting competition without slipping into toxic everyone-for-themselves territory.

How Groupon Bounced Back

Thanks to fewer video game references and more mobile downloads, Groupon shares have quadrupled since last November. But can this extra life last?

Groupon Buys SideTour To Bring You More Intimate, Personalized Events

Groupon’s acquisition of SideTour, a small startup that’s built a reputation for carefully curated, one-of-a-kind events, gives the company a chance to make a play for the increasingly personalized local events space.

Groupon Eyes The Luxury Market With Reserve, Its New Online Reservations System

The company built on deep discounts is trying to go high-end with a new reservation service.

European Square Rival SumUp Gets Funding Boost From Groupon, AmEx

Deals site Groupon and credit card giant American Express have invested “double digit” millions of euros in European mobile pay firm SumUp.

Andrew Mason Reveals Plans After Groupon

In a characteristically bizarre blog post, ousted Groupon CEO Andrew Mason announced he’ll be moving to California, working with Y Combinator startups and, er, releasing an album of business advice songs.

Groupon Launching iPad POS System For Retailers

Groupon is offering steep discounts to retailers who adopt their new cash register-replacing iPad POS system, Breadcrumb.

LivingSocial Ordered to Pay $4.1 Million To Settle Class Action Suit

The judge ruled the single payment settles claims of 11 million customers that the daily-deals site violated federal and state law.

Exclusive: Eric Lefkofsky’s First Interview As Groupon’s CEO

The chairman and cofounder of the beleaguered company defends daily deals, opens up about its problems, and tries to redefine the service as a next-generation Costco.

Rap Genius Dissects Fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason’s Farewell Memo

“Seems like Andrew has too much swag for a public company. They need to find more of a ‘boring loser’ type,” and other notes on Mason’s farewell memo.

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Entertainment

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

The Costume Designer For “Game Of Thrones” Explains Euron Greyjoy’s New Swagger

Co.Design

Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

Fast Company

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

Why Telling John McCain To Beat Cancer Feeds A Dangerous GOP Narrative

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now