Yelp’s attempt to hire a former Groupon vice president in Seattle has sparked a legal battle between the companies over Washington state’s non-compete law. In a lawsuit filed this week… Read More
— It’s a big day for Seattle-based F5 Networks, which just named two senior executives. Mika Yamamoto joined the firm as executive vice president and chief marketing & customer experience… Read More
Daily deals company Groupon announced Tuesday that it has added a new face to its leadership board: Former Time and Amazon executive Colin Bodell has joined the company as its… Read More
As a senior data scientist at Groupon and an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Tacoma, one might expect that Muhammad… Read More
From a recruiting standpoint, Groupon stands in a unique spot among competitors in the technology world. The company is certainly not a startup, launching in 2007 and going public four years… Read More
If you’re in Seattle and have been feeling especially relaxed or looking intentionally polished, perhaps it’s because you’re a Groupon user intent on cashing in on beauty and spa offers.… Read More
Groupon is gobbling up more office space in Seattle, part of a plan by the daily deals juggernaut to hire more engineers in a region known for its retailing and… Read More
— Early Concur executive Sterling Wilson is the new CEO of Seattle-based employee management software company Shiftboard. He joins the 13-year-old company as the Shiftboard founder and former CEO Bryan Lhuillier transitions… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: GeekWire’s Jacob Demmitt breaks down T-Mobile’s “Binge On” video streaming news, the latest “Un-carrier” move from the growing wireless carrier and its… Read More
Rich Williams, the new CEO of Groupon, is touring the company’s West Coast operations this week to meet with its core teams and rally the troops — taking the first steps in what… Read More
Amazon is shutting down its daily deals program and discontinuing the Amazon Local app along with it. The Seattle online giant announced today that it will stop selling daily deals on its… Read More
Groupon is eliminating 1,100 jobs across the company and exiting business operations in seven countries, part of an “ambitious process of unifying our global technology platforms, tools and processes.” The… Read More
Amazon’s defense is starting to take shape in a lawsuit filed by Angie’s List, which is accusing the Seattle-based retailer of using Angie’s List to help find contractors to build a competing home services business… Read More
Groupon is acquiring Venuelabs, a Seattle-based startup that helps local retailers monitor what is being said about them on a variety of social networks. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but… Read More
Groupon announced two major executive changes this morning, both having to do with former Amazon executives. Groupon CFO Jason Child, who has been working at the daily deals company for… Read More
Groupon confirmed today it will be selling a stake in Ticket Monster, the Korean-based e-commerce company it bought more than a year ago, for a huge profit. The Chicago-based deals company said… Read More
Groupon has launched what it is calling Groupon Stores, a third-party marketplace that will require participating merchants to sell their products at prices 5 percent lower than anywhere else online. Groupon Stores will… Read More
House hunters spend hours scouring the Internet for the perfect place to call home. But once they find their dream house, the process reverts back to the stone age, with everything handled in person or on paper. For some,… Read More
Sure, it may seem like a pittance when compared to the Notch’s $70 million LA pad, but Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky has purchased the most expensive house in Windy City… Read More
A new app being released today by Groupon is enabling the daily deals company to place a bigger emphasis on travel. Groupon Getaways is a standalone Android and iOS application for customers… Read More
Groupon is officially unveiling a Yelp-like listings service today called Groupon Pages that aims to make the company a go-to destination for customers looking for any local busines — not just the… Read More
Groupon said today that it has launched Snap, a new mobile app that gives people cash for buying certain groceries and packaged goods found at everyday supermarkets. The app works in both… Read More
One of Groupon’s early goals was to help restaurants fill seats that would otherwise have gone empty, but that didn’t always pan out because customers were generally able to redeem their vouchers whenever… Read More
Wall Street had bigger expectations for Groupon’s second quarter results. While the daily deals leader said revenues grew 23 percent to $751.6 year over year, it wasn’t enough for analysts,… Read More
Groupon and Expedia are scaling back a 3-year-old partnership that focused on selling heavily discounted travel deals together. A Groupon spokesman confirmed today that the daily deals company and the online… Read More
Two years after opening a Seattle office, Groupon is gearing up for another growth spurt. The Chicago-based daily deals company currently employs 195 people here, and has plans to add another 75 positions to bring the… Read More
Groupon is no longer just a daily deals company. It sells anything online, from face moisturizer to dog beds. But unlike Amazon, the aspiring retailer has not figured out a… Read More
It seems like everyone’s getting into the bulk food business these days. Groupon announced today that it’s launching Groupon Basics, a service that allows customers to order certain household essentials… Read More
—Uber is zooming ahead with a new chief product, one who helped drive Amazon.com’s growth in the early days. Jeff Holden, who earlier this week announced his intentions to leave… Read More
Groupon product chief Jeffrey Holden is leaving the daily deals site effective March 18, according to a SEC filing posted today. No reasons were given on why the former Amazon… Read More