Case Analysis: Groupon’s Challenge Strategic Issues and Analysis Groupon is an online group purchase website that offers customers a discount on different kinds of products and services. The biggest challenge for the company is that its business model is easy to copy. Evaluation and Analysis Groupon takes advantage of economies of scale to provide its customers with daily good deals. When the deals have obtained a certain quantity of buyers‚ the buyers will get the discount on the deals
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forever‚ so why has Groupon become successful? I believe that Groupon has become successful for many different reasons. First of all‚ Groupon was the first to transport the traditional “Coupon clipping” to the online world. This opened many opportunities. It was something new‚ exciting to consumers that they hadn´t seen in this way. So Groupon had a first mover advantage even though they only connected already existing ideas and technologies in a new way. By being online Groupon could reach many‚
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After Groupon created the online platform‚ it allows consumers spread news about interesting items and persuading friends‚ colleagues or families join in. This decrease the time to get the deal. It’s a win-win model for Groupon and customers. Based on Groupon website‚ annual reports‚ and some articles‚ this report aims to find out the value proposition‚ value configuration‚ market seek，and revenue model of Groupon through analysis the operation of Groupon and relationship between Groupon and their
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5) What would you advice Groupon leaders to consider as their next application? Groupon leaders can be commendeded for the work they have done so far. However‚ to drive growth and compete favorably‚ I would suggest that they take advantage of the social networking phenomenon to drive more customers to the site and encourage others in a participatory information sharing that would support their business ideas. They should also create an application that would limit the number of coupons based on
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Groupon Case Study 1. Groupon has grow from 400 subscribers to 60 million subscribers world wide within five years‚ it’s fastest growing company in history. Groupon stands for group coupon that requires certain amount of subscribers to sign up for the deal. Moreover‚ there is a daily deal for local or national business‚ people can easy to use and redeem‚ so it raises the possibility for people to sign up. Furthermore‚ the most significant thing that Groupon is running based on the Internet‚ so it’s
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Groupon Groupon‚ the fastest growing and biggest daily deal social buying site‚ was launched in November 2008 (Hughes and Beukes‚ 2012). It is an internet-based company that sells coupons for events‚ products and services. Competitors have entered the industry‚ essentially created by Groupon‚ which include LivingSocial.com and restaurants.com. Groupon includes customizable deal campaigns‚ credit card payment processing capabilities‚ discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies
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Title: Groupon One of the Largest E-commerce Companies and their expansion Strategy. Groupon ranks among the largest social‚ mobile‚ global e-commerce companies and is revolutionizing the way merchants market products and services. Groupon customers find incredible deals at up to 50% savings. What began as a daily deal coupon sent to your email has evolved into a powerful marketing machine. Praised for their cutting edge innovations‚ the company continues to grow with the goal of world e-commerce
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Accounting Irregularities at Groupon Introduction In September 23 2011‚ Groupon (the Company)‚ a rapidly growing online coupon merchant was forced by the SEC to file a restated S-1 registration statement. The reason for the restatement was that the SEC objected to the accounting methods that Groupon used in the calculation of its revenue‚ causing it to be overstated. According to Villanova University (2012)‚ Groupon’s auditors at Ernst & Young stated that Groupon was not setting aside sufficient
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Groupon Inc Groupon is website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. Groupon was launched in November 2008‚ and the first market for Groupon was Chicago. By October 2010‚ Groupon served more than 150 markets in North America and 100 markets in Europe‚ Asia‚ and South America and had 35 million registered users. At the IPO in 2011‚ Groupon raised $700 million. New Enterprise Associates‚ Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell investors in Groupon. In April 2010
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To: Board of Directors From: Corporate Investments Date: 08/12/11 Re: Groupon investment Groupon’s business model is based around offering mass discounts on certain products and services to subscribed customers from merchants that have signed up with them. The strategy used combines economies of networking and economies of scale. (Mordoekataus‚ 2011) Groupon has demonstrated vast growth in terms of reporting revenue of $713.4 million in 2010‚ reaching over 83 million subscribers while advertising
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