Openings & New Hires at eBay, Foursquare, Copilot, Condé Nast, Square, and More…
Two high-profile exits took place this week — those of Jack Abraham at eBay and Keith Rabois at Square. In both cases, the tales are still unfolding. At Group Commerce, 28% of the staff was cut. Meanwhile, other employers are picking up their pace, advertising openings in sales, product management, design, social media, and management. Learn more about who’s changing jobs and where you can apply for a job now…
Street Fight Daily: Mobile Moves In-Store, Hyperlocal Comes to TV
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Pew: 72 Percent Of Smartphone Owners Used Devices While Shopping In Stores (Marketing Land)… A TV that Knows Who You Are (Financial Times)… Small Firms Say LinkedIn Works, Twitter Doesn’t (The Wall Street Journal)…
Humanizing ‘Dry’ Data Is Only Part of the Challenge for Community News
I’m utterly convinced that data will be the salvation of community news sites, both in delivering more audience-engaging content and doing so cost-effectively. But the big problem in community journalism is not data that’s dry and creepy. It’s data that’s incomplete, badly formatted, sloppily collected or – most serious of all – withheld…
Edo Bucks Trend, Expands Into Local
As firms like Group Commerce pull out of the local market, others like Edo are moving in the opposite direction.The company, which syndicates card-linked offers to financial institutions like Ally Bank and Fifth Third, has hooked up with local reseller 2Go Media to open its network to local merchants through a simplified version of its enterprise platform…
With Abraham Out, What’s Next for eBay Local?
Earlier this week eBay announced that it had parted ways with Jack Abraham, the founder of Milo (which eBay acquired two years ago) and a centerpiece of the web giant’s blistering push into the local space. Abraham’s departure leaves a vacancy at one of the more important positions in the hyperlocal ecosystem and presents questions about the evolving structure of eBay’s off-line commerce efforts….
Why OpenTable’s Foodspotting Buy Is Good for Restaurants
Foodspotting, a provider of a food-sharing and recommendations app, announced yesterday that it would be acquired by reservations company OpenTable for $10 million. While the two services seem quite different (one is for reservations and the other is a social network organized around food) the acquisition could mean good things for both companies as well as local restaurants….
Street Fight Daily: Intuit’s New Direction, Fousquare’s New Business App
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Intuit’s New Payments Directions In NFC, Passbook And Facebook Revealed In 20+ New Products (TechCrunch)… Foursquare’s New App Is Open for Business (AllThingsD)… Belly Bites is Free Sampling for Local Merchants Done Right (PandoDaily)…
#SFSNYC VIDEOS: Panels and Presentations From Our Recent NYC Summit
It’s been a couple of weeks since we gathered hundreds of hyperlocal industry execs in New York at the Street Fight Summit, but we’re still sifting through a lot of the ideas and inspiration that emerged from those few days. We’ve uploaded video clips of nearly all the onstage presentations and panels and are happy to share them with you…
6 Indoor Navigation Platforms for Retailers
Nearly three-quarters of consumers with smartphones say they would rather use their mobile devices inside a store than ask an associate for help. Here are six platforms that merchants of all sizes can use to help customers find products on store shelves and perhaps complete more transactions…
Street Fight Daily: Abraham Leaves eBay, Opentable Acquires Foodspotting
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… eBay Loses Head of Local Jack Abraham (Fortune)… OpenTable to Acquire Foodspotting for $10 Million (The New York Times)… Why the Future of Local-Mobile Advertising Is Not What You May Think (Screenwerk)…
Bringing SMB Point-of-Sale Systems to the Cloud
The introduction of SaaS POS has broad implications, not only for payment firms like Square, but also a host of other loyalty and lead generation start-ups that have worked to tie into the point of sale over the past 18 months. It brings scalable access to real-time data on nearly every inch of local retailers’ operations, not only accelerating existing sectors like loyalty and rewards but opening new opportunities for key services like live inventory search…
Street Fight Daily: Group Commerce Layoffs, Mayer Talks Location
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Group Commerce Has Laid Off 28% Of Its Staff (Business Insider)… Is Foursquare on Marissa Mayer’s Silicon Alley Shopping List? (BetaBeat)… Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a “Distraction” at Square and What’s Next (AllThingsD)…
Street Fight Daily: Square COO Departs, Hyperlocal Investment in 2013
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company (AllThingsD)… Mobile, Local & Search: 5 Sources of Innovation & Investment in 2013 (Search Engine Watch)… Why the Department Store Experience Needs a Serious Upgrade, Too (Venture Beat)…
Yodle CEO: Nearly 40% of the Leads We Generate Come From Mobile
In the fast-churning world of small-business-focused digital start-ups, Yodle’s nearly eight years in the business already make it a bit of a veteran player. Street Fight recently caught up with the company’s CEO, Court Cunningham, to talk about the future of mobile advertising and why small business websites are still so important as marketing channels…