Groupon: Are you using coupons more often these days?
- January 14, 2011 12:25 PM |
- By POV
(Rahoul Ghose/Associated Press)
Groupon, the fast-growing coupon website that offers daily deals to subscribers, is reportedly preparing to issue shares on the stock market, with an estimated value of at least $50 million US.
The online discounts business received proposals from investments bankers this week, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Just last month, Groupon reportedly rejected a $6-billion buyout bid from Google Inc.
An international public stock offering debut is reportedly set for the spring.
Based in Chicago and launched in 2008, the deal-of-the day website is the most prominent in the electronic coupons market, boasting more than 50 million registered users in hundreds of local markets around the world.
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