Should Groupon Merge With Foursquare?

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Foursquare GrouponFoursquare hasn’t hit its stride yet in 2013, despite its steadfast adherence to the idea that it can become the “location layer for the Internet,” as Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley says. Jon Evans at TechCrunch asks a pertinent question: Does anyone actually think that Foursquare has a better chance of being the location layer for the Internet than Google and Apple? This isn’t even to mention the established competition it has in Yelp. So what’s the solution for Foursquare’s woes? Merge with Groupon, according to Evans.

Groupon brings relationships with small businesses to the table; Foursquare brings check-ins to the table. With their powers combined, the hypothetically merged company (Fourpon? Grousquare?) would have their paws on check-ins with intent.

Back in 2011, Groupon used Foursquare as a mobile distribution partner for about 10 months.

Meanwhile, Groupon (which got a sell rating last week from an analyst at UBS AG) is facing some big-time competition in Asia, where Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, recently expanded its daily-deals site to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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