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Groupon clones giving up business model

S'pore's StreetDeal turns to traditional e-commerce

Published Mon, Sep 15, 2014 · 04:09 AM

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[SINGAPORE] As more Groupon clones fall by the wayside, another Singapore contender is turning away from the voucher model to e-commerce.

Three-and-a-half-year-old StreetDeal is one of the oldest in the local group-buying scene and the third largest here behind Groupon and Deal.com.sg.

Groupon is listed on the Nasdaq and Deal's parent company, iBuy, raised A$37 million (S$42 million) in December on the Australian Securities Exchange.

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