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Groupon Japan is losing ground to Ponpare, a clone offered by Japanese web giant Recruit, if data compiled by daily coupon search service CP4U is to be believed. Too many “glitches”? The study CP4U released today [JP, PDF] analyzes sales numbers of Groupon and a total of 155 Japanese...

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency issued a “recommendation” to Groupon Japan on Tuesday, basically telling the company to reconsider the way deals are presented to customers. A spokesman for the agency said they consider the complaints from Japanese customers about Groupon as...

Just a few weeks ago, Groupon Japan took a serious beating when the company disappointed customers with a botched deal during the New Year. The incident made its way into Japanese mass media (including TV), made Groupon CEO Andrew Mason apologize to his customers in Japan and caused a dent in the...

Japanese Groupon clone Luxa has today issued a report that sheds a light on the combined revenue Groupon and its 190 clones generate in Japan. Luxa began tracking data in April 2010 (when Piku, Japan’s first Groupon clone, launched). According to this data, sales grew steadily after April...

Here’s an interesting article on how Groupon is doing in Japan and how it competes with its rivals (Pike, Ponpare etc.). The company makes $12 million in revenue in Japan per month, which is about two times of what it’s biggest rival generates. I reported a few days ago that Groupon...

How is Groupon Japan doing exactly? Daily coupon search service CP4U posted  a study [JP, PDF] today, in which they analyzed the sales numbers of Groupon and a total of 146 Japanese clones in December 2010 and January 2011. The chart below (via Asiajin) shows that Groupon generated 1.1 billion yen...