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November 1, 2011 07:56 am GMT
Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/y8PSCmUdFXI/
How Groupon Is Losing China
At this point, it's no secret: Gaopeng (Groupon's nascent effort in China) is a train wreck. By September of this year, the seven-month old endeavor had already accumulated $46.4 million in net losses with just $2.1 million in revenue. Meanwhile, a number of competitors in the region are predicting profitability within months.In today's "Attack Of The Clones" panel at Disrupt Beijing, a few of Groupon's fiercest Chinese competitors took the opportunity to, well, attack. While obviously a bit subjective, their words do provide some insight on how a company so massive in the US could tank so dramatically on the other side of the world.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/y8PSCmUdFXI/
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