A False Groupon Offer Ruined Christmas In This British City
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-uk-christmas-york-2011-12 A false Groupon offer for a Santa’s grotto in the English city of York has lead to the resignation of one of Santa’s elves,...
View ArticleThe Owner Of Flash Sales Site Rue La La Is Laying Off A Big Chunk Of Its Staff
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-owner-of-flash-sales-site-rue-la-la-is-losing-up-to-half-its-staff-2012-1 UPDATE: Rue La La has reached out to us to update the story with some additional...
View ArticleLayoffs Underway At Two Of New York’s Biggest Flash Sales Sites, Gilt Groupe...
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-gilt-groupe-lot18-2012-1 Last week BetaBeat’s Nitasha Tiku first reported impending layoffs at Gilt Groupe. We confirmed the rumor from a source who said...
View ArticleWeather Channel Buys Crowdsourced WeatherUnderground
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5923016/the-weather-channel-buys-up-the-crowdsourced-weather-undergrounds-crowdsourced-accuracy After 17 years on its own, the crowdsourced, user-favorite Weather Underground...
View ArticleGoogle Has Hired A Bunch Of ‘Chrome Specialists’ To Sell Its Chromebook...
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-chrome-specialists-chromebook-laptops-best-buy-retail-2012-7 Google is working with its partners, like Best Buy, to hired a bunch of salespeople called...
View Article9 Trends That Are Transforming The Retail World
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/9-trends-that-are-transforming-the-retail-world-2012-7 Retail is going through a period of flux. From big box stores to specialty shops to online vendors,...
View ArticleThese Timelines Break Down Every Facebook, Twitter And LinkedIn Acquisition Ever
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/these-timelines-break-down-every-facebook-twitter-and-linkedin-acquisition-ever-2012-10 Everyone remembers when Facebook bought Instagram for a headline-friendly...
View ArticleHow Public Policy Polling Hilariously Proved That People Lie To Pollsters
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/panetta-burns-plan-ppp-poll-simpson-bowles-question-public-policy-polling-2012-12 Public Policy Polling, the firm that consistently asks the quirkiest and most...
View ArticleHow Public Policy Polling Hilariously Proved That People Lie To Pollsters
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/panetta-burns-plan-ppp-poll-simpson-bowles-question-public-policy-polling-2012-12 Public Policy Polling, the firm that consistently asks the quirkiest and most...
View Article‘The Sad Moment Has Arrived’
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/tina-brown-daily-beast-firings-2012-12 Newsweek is cutting a chunk of its editorial staff. We still don’t know exactly how many in the Newsweek/Daily Beast...
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