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Business Report on Ensogo and Thailand’s group-buying industry

By Jon Russell Wed, Sep 21, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

This month’s issue of Business Report Thailand (BRT) has an excellent article looking at Thailand’s group-buying industry. I’ve written a fair amount about the scene generally, at ZDNet Asia and for CNNGo last year, but this piece – written by Siam Voices contributor Dan Waites – focuses specifically on Ensogo (recently bought by US giant LivingSocial), looking...

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Why China group buying doesn’t work (even though it could)

By Jon Russell Wed, Sep 07, 2011 3:00PM UTC View Comments

The following article on China’s group buying site is a guest contribution that is republished (from here) with full permission from our friends over at TechOrange. If you haven’t already heard of it, be sure to check out and bookmark the site if you’re seeking a look at the tech and start-up scene in Taiwan...

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Snapdeal gets into group buying that makes sense… coupons for cars

By Sriram Vadlamani Wed, Aug 17, 2011 6:00PM UTC View Comments

Snapdeal, which has a village to its name for its social responsibility, is finally getting into high value group buying. To me that is group buying that makes sense and group buying done right. Snapdeal has partnered with Tata Motors to bring group buying to cars. The partnership will be started with Indica Vista which...

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Reviewing Thailand’s Groupon wannabees

By Jon Russell Thu, Apr 28, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

This week I posted a ZDNET Asia blog post looking at Thailand’s group-buying scene, which you may recall I initially covered for CNNGo (over here) back in September of last year. I don’t publicise many ZDNet blog posts here, however this one may be of interest to Thai webspace followers and those keeping an eye...

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