Groupon IPO hopes fade as valuation halves
Groupon cuts its IPO valuation to between 10.1 and 11.4 billion dollars after a surge and crash in investor enthusiasm. Analysts and merchants debate its daily deals model while competition rises and questions about revenue counting surface. The Chicago company, once hailed as the internet’s fastest growing darling, faces a tougher path to public offering with a November 4 deadline looming.
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Groupon's rocky chapter as critics and copycats rise
The piece outlines rising competition from Groupon imitators and growing buyer dissatisfaction on Yelp. It cites merchants losing money on deals, cases like Posies Cafe and muichic, and internal ual turmoil at Groupon including top departures and a restatement of revenue, framing investor and analyst concerns.
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