As a deals association, part of our mandate is to deliver research and data across all sectors of the deals industry. Although that is relatively easier to do for the local offers/daily deal market, it is rather frustrating for the
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We often associate ourselves and become marketing partners with some of the industry’s more relevant trade shows and conferences. Part of the reason is to certainly expand the message and the brand of the Canadian Deals Industry to a larger
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I have been in Toronto all week visiting with several companies within this industry. I wanted to write a short post about the conversation we have been having and whom we have been having them with. I am even more
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The deals industry just received what is probably the top news over the past year in terms of the technology for this industry. On Thursday May 2nd, 2013 Group Commerce and Nimble Commerce, both Deal Commerce platforms, decided to merge.
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In this industry, more than most, searching for constant sources of new subscribers in crucial. There are other ways of marketing besides the traditional, online and giving Google or Facebook your money. One such way that I have built my
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Back in March, we posted that iconic coupon brand, Entertainment book, filed for bankruptcy protection. We were surprised, as was the market. Over the course the month of April, they proceeded with their filing and auctioning of assets and were
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Last week came a notice that Kijiji would stop its Daily Deal service in Canada. A service that uses the Teamsave platform. This is not a surprise and has been a long time coming. what does surprise me is that
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The deals and loyalty industry in the United States have matured. In Canada, not so much. Case in point: Cardlinking. What is Cardlinking? Card Linking technologies enable an offer to be linked to a credit card purchase. The consumer can
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From time to time The Canadian Deals Association will invite guests to write articles and blog posts pertaining to the Deals industry. Our goal is to provide the Canadian industry with a cross section of points of view from various
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On Friday evening’s season finale of the popular CBC show Marketplace, they chose to focus their investigative reporting on Dealfind and the horrendous customer service that has plagued this company. This show on Dealfind and on the overall daily deal/group
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