My experience with Groupon deals is that they are not targeted to a small enough geographic region. People might be enticed to frequent a merchant outside of t

My experience with Groupon deals is that they are not targeted to a small enough geographic region. People might be enticed to frequent a merchant outside of their normal shopping area to take advantage of a deep discount, but very few will permanently expand their shopping area. I suspect most merchants don't see a permanent increase in repeat customers.