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Study by Retailmenot and Ipsos finds Canadian consumers lacking in ecommerce, coupon and deals usage 21 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Retailmenot has just released an 11-country consumer behavior study. Result for Canada: Canadians are least likely to buy online, coupon searching and usage is one of the lowest and buying based on p...
Rakuten (Linkshare) acquires Popshops. Big news for coupon industry and affiliates 20 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Last week came the news that the owner’s (Rakuten) of one of the world’s largest couponing networks, Linkshare, acquired one of the largest couponing feeds, Popshops. Popshops was founded in 2006 and...
Valpak and Yellow Pages Canada form Strategic Partnership 13 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
Cox Media Group, the owner of the signature Blue VALPAK coupon Envelope® and the popular Savings.com site has entered a strategic partnership with the Yellow Pages in Canada. VALPAK delivers coupon sa...
Torstar’s Metroland merges Save.ca and Flyerland for better consumer experience. 3 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
Torstar owns the most brands in the deals space in Canada. They operate Wagjag, Jaunt, Travelalerts and own a piece of Tuango. They also operate, through Metroland, Flyerland and the popular coupon si...
Glacier Media and Social Shopper form Strategic Partnership 31 Jul 2013 | 12:49 pm
Media companies across Canada have had a tough time integrating a deals business into their strategy. What was a promising venture for some a few years ago has turned to a business model in search of ...
HomeSav Acquired by Rebellion Media…Home Deals to continue 26 Jul 2013 | 10:42 am
HomeSav, the popular home furnishings private sale site has been acquired by Rebellion Media. For those not familiar with HomeSav, they operate similar to Beyond the Rack but for Home Furnishings (lik...
Launching Local Commerce Canada 25 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
OVERVIEW Local merchants are the life blood of our economy. Their main concern has always been on finding and attracting local customers. Marketing and customer acquisition has gone through a metamor...
Digital Flyers are full of deals. Growing in popularity. 16 Jul 2013 | 10:40 pm
Media publishers, deal publishers and other media companies are driving audience interest by publishing what is still a paper based process: Flyers!. However, now, they are digitizing them in ways tha...
It’s Official, with buyout of Astral, Bell Media now owns Astral Radio Deals 11 Jul 2013 | 08:11 pm
Now that the buyout of Astral Media by Bell is official, all Astral Assets are also part of the Bell family. This includes the deals program from Astral names Astral Radio Deals. The program is a suc...
Startup community around North America in Montreal this week for International startup festival 9 Jul 2013 | 07:01 pm
Yes, Montreal has a festival for everything, Jazz, Comedy, Beer, Food, Wine, and now in its 3rd year, the International Startup Festival.The Startup Festival, taking place in Montreal’s Old Port from ...
