Tariq Saeedi's Article in Business

397 Android tablets, iPads push up mobile commerce
True, currently accounting for negligible percentage points of ecommerce and brick and mortar businesses, mobile commerce has to go a long way to become a commonplace. However, Forrester predicts the revenue will reach $31 billion by 2016.
Posted on Jan-27-2012

321 Daily deals sites’ penchant for mobile apps
Recent arrival was android- and iPhone-supported mobile apps by Dealfind, a Toronto-based group buying website.
Posted on Jan-25-2012

299 Restaurant coupons: Making discounts deep
Hot deals can attract food enthusiasts during holiday season that is estimated to register an average 20 to 25 per cent of total annual retail sales, according to the National Retail Federation.
Posted on Jan-24-2012

284 Kgbdeals takes in 3 deal sites in a row
Acquisitions bear out a fact that discount market holds a promising future. Investors find it profitable to risk their money in the daily deal industry.
Posted on Jan-18-2012

240 Hotel deals deal out deep discounts
Daily deal websites plaster daily deals on their platforms offering deep discounts on a plenty of goods and services including chalet’s booking, air tickets, fish spas, foods, etc.
Posted on Jan-17-2012

251 E-shops give offs like best deals do, but what they can’t?
Focalprice claims to feature not less than 70,000 products in 100 categories with 10 to 70 per cent off on original prices. Couponing websites remain distinguishable source of palpable discounts on breathtaking adventure safaris, sought-after home cleaning services, sold-out event tickets, etc. besides a score of goods.
Posted on Jan-15-2012

260 Computer aides’ e-shops thriving on hot deals
Not less than 15 per cent growth was registered in sales of digital goods, tablets, and consumer electronics during July-Sept, says ComScore.
Posted on Jan-04-2012

299 In quest of innovative daily deals
A need of change in social couponing is now being felt deeply in the industry with few of them already initiating add-ons in the fledging group buying and time-honored reward services.
Posted on Dec-23-2011

294 Daily deals do what flea markets can’t
The Rain City is blessed with the shower of discount promotions from the world’s topnotch couponing websites including Groupon, LivingSocial, KGB Deals, Tippr, Dealfind, Mamapedia, Plumdistrict, Buywithme, Eversave, DealSwarm etc.
Posted on Dec-21-2011

210 Shopping of Christmas gifts continues to rise
The dampened consumer confidence seems to be restoring after having been dented by the worst economic crisis in the history as now their retail spending on Christmas gifts is rebounding with Christmas just round the corner.
Posted on Dec-21-2011

310 Holiday sales: daily deals abound
There is no denying the fact that last minute shoppers come in droves and merchants risk shooing them away if deals are sold out. A balancing approach is essential to ring up holiday sales.
Posted on Dec-20-2011

256 Restaurant daily deals: merits and demerits for restaurateurs
Cannibalization, cost swelling, and displacement of frequent foodies may prove the demerits of discount promotions while new customers, customer awareness, and rewarding flights from lean periods are the undeniable merits of daily deals, suggests the Cornell Hospitality Report.
Posted on Dec-19-2011

247 ASA going soft on daily deal sites
Seems to believe it is fanciful to expect 100 percent compliance of ads with the rules.
Posted on Dec-13-2011