![]() ![]() The survey also found that 32% of the merchants reported losing money on the promotions, and nearly 40% said the Groupon offer was less effective than other types of marketing. The top reasons cited were high commission rate and low rate of repeat customers gained through offering a promotion. That’s what makes this difficult to do again and again."Ī Raymond James survey of roughly 115 merchants that used daily deals services during the fall found that 39% of merchants said they were not likely to run another Groupon promotion over the next couple of years. “Normal advertising, yellow pages advertising, it really doesn’t have a price promotion, it doesn’t have discounting component. ![]() “A lot of people made the mistake of overlooking the price-promotion part of this model," said Utpal Dholakia, professor of management in Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. The discounts offered through the Groupon coupons have turned out to be costly, and the repeat business they generate uncertain. ![]() “The problem is that a lot of these newer businesses have lower margins."Ĭritics say the torrid growth that enabled Groupon to go public at $20 a share just a year ago was fueled by merchants buying into a new type of marketing that they didn’t fully understand. “It’s clear that they need to have other models besides the email daily deals business," said Aaron Kessler, an analyst at Raymond James. Meanwhile, upstarts are developing new variations on the discount coupon theme. Its biggest rival, Living Social, is piling up losses, and part-owner earlier this month recorded a quarterly loss after writing down its Living Social investment.īoth companies are racing to diversify, venturing into more generic ecommerce areas such as off-price sales through ventures such as Groupon Goods and LivingSocial’s Shop. ![]()
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