Analysts worry that it can no longer depend on its model of offering daily deals on local services.
Many local newspapers have already started offering daily deals, on their own or through partnership with Groupon clones.
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While its original daily deals focused on services offered by third parties, its new business line sells products directly from Groupon.
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Groupon shares are getting a lift Monday morning from Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt, who raised his rating on the daily deals company to Overweight from Equal Weight.
True, Sabina Slonkova (who, in the event, was unharmed) had been digging up dirt for the daily Mlada fronta Dnes on deals Mr Srba had helped to cut.
And if you were to look at a version of Goofus and Gallant on the topic of daily deals, Goofus would be played by Groupon (GRPN) and Gallant would be Restaurants.com.
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Millions of other items compete for his attention on the site, including bestsellers and daily deals.
These daily deals can be accessed via the Amazon Appstore for Android on the Kindle Fire, mobile devices, Android tablets or PCs.
Penney, Best Buy, Hyundai and the daily deals site LivingSocial.com began offering teaser views of their ads on company and social media sites.
On Friday, Facebook said that it was closing its own daily deals service after four months.
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While the daily deals site topped expectations, its decelerating sales and concerns about its European business weighed heavily on its stock.
These small business owners move on, and the daily deal companies must acquire new customers who want to try daily deals.
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