Despite an explosion in consumer conversation technology, Americans have cut back substantially since 2008 on the opinions they share by word-of-mouth about companies and their offerings. Is the recession to blame?
Do deal-a-day sites like Groupon really bring in bigger profits? The Retail Doctor Bob Phibbs says "no" based on numerous case studies from retailers who have lost money from investments in coupon sites.
A RecLab prize on Overstock.com challenges researchers to advance the state-of-the-art in product recommendations with a new privacy-secure cloud environment.
