Over in the UK, daily deal site Groupon has been under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) since July of last year, and now its being told it has three months to stop misleading ...

Groupon could be taken to court as a result of the probe, and potentially face both criminal and civil charges. The Advertising Standards Authority revealed today that it has referred Groupon to the ...

Groupon knows it has to change the way it does things overseas. Its British outpost is happily kowtowing to charges from the Office of Fair Trading that Groupon UK hasn't been representing its prices ...

Four years ago discount website Groupon brought daily deals commerce into the mainstream offering users bargains and discounts on spa treatments, fine dining and hotels, amongst others. Since its 2008 ...

You may remember that the daily deal offering website Groupon was to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK consumer protection body, for breaking advertising regulations. That ...

This is a guest post by Shane Hayes, founder of Daily Deal Aggregator Siftie.co.uk. He reports on the UK Daily Deal market size and speculates as to whether a major acquisition is imminent.

Deals website Groupon has been admonished by the UK competitions watchdog over its treatment of customers and been ordered to offer full cash refunds, instead of company credit notes and replacement ...

LONDON — The British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) confirmed Friday it was continuing to investigate Groupon’s UK business to determine whether the daily deals website had violated consumer protection ...

Daily deals and local commerce site Groupon has announced an acquisition to ramp up its operations in discount offers and specifically those tied to loyalty programs. The company has acquired Bristol, ...

In demand consumer voucher and deals website Groupon is advertising for a new UK editor – but only at intern level. The firms job description details Groupon as “officially the fastest growing ...