September's Yipit Data Report reveals the overall Daily Deal industry and each major player experienced significant gross revenue growth in September. Total industry gross revenue jumped 12%, from an estimated … [Read more...]
In Each of the Top 30 US Markets, No Company Outperforms Groupon
I recently spoke at the DailyDealSummit in San Francisco on the topic of how the daily deal offerings of larger companies were performing. I walked through Google, Amazon, Yelp and TravelZoo's performance and then … [Read more...]
Last Month’s Five Most Successful Daily Deals Reveal Future of Industry
In August, each of the industry’s top five deals was from a different category – and all were from Groupon. The top-grossing deal last month was a travel deal from Groupon Getaways, a new category that Groupon … [Read more...]
Google Offers Having Banner Month in September
Google Offers didn’t do particularly well in August – total revenue dropped 23% from July despite a 22% increase in its total number of deals. However, Google’s Daily Deal product has radically improved in … [Read more...]
Groupon and Industry Resume Growth, Post Record Revenue in August
Today's Yipit Data Report reveals Groupon and the overall Industry have reversed their down month in July: Groupon's revenue increased 13% from July to $121 million, a $1.5 billion annual run rate. LivingSocial's … [Read more...]
Here’s What Really Happened to Yelp Deals
While Yelp's daily deal segment got off to a strong start, things have been getting worse ever since. But, in August, things got dramatically worse as revenue declined 52% based on Yipit Data. So, what … [Read more...]
Daily Deal Market Declines in July
Today's Yipit Data Report revealed substantial shifts in the Daily Deal space occurring over the past month: Daily Deal industry revenue declined 7% in July in North America's largest markets. Groupon's revenue … [Read more...]
New Filing Reveals Groupon’s Oldest Markets Got Even Worse
When Groupon first filed it's S-1 a few months ago, we reported that Groupon's business model was deteriorating in its oldest markets with a specific analysis of Boston. It updated its S-1 yesterday and Boston, its … [Read more...]
Announcing The Yipit Data Report
Each month, we'll be publishing trends and analyses from our proprietary dataset of more than 100,000 offers to the daily deal and investor communities. The Yipit Data Report launched yesterday to acclaim from Bloomberg, … [Read more...]
The Reports of Groupon’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Since Groupon filed its S-1 on Thursday, there have been hundreds of negative articles written about Groupon (including one of our own). While some of the concerns brought up about Groupon are legitimate, … [Read more...]