We’ve had a lot of conversations recently regarding M&A in the Daily Deal space and whether we should expect “roll-up” of the regional players into larger, more formidable competitors. Initially, this made a lot of sense to me. Like the radio station, waste management and ISP markets, the daily deal space is characterized by many independent [...]

We’ve had a lot of conversations recently regarding M&A in the Daily Deal space and whether we should expect “roll-up” of the regional players into larger, more formidable competitors. Initially, this made a lot of sense to me. Like the radio station, waste management and ISP markets, the daily deal space is characterized by many independent [...]

TechCrunch recently featured data we’ve analyzed to track the growing proliferation of Daily Deal Services in the United States. As of early April, there are at least 66 different companies creating daily deals. Many of them operate in more than one city, meaning there are more than 176 total daily deals running at any given [...]