Groupon to Remain Open on Thanksgiving Day Because It's a Website

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) (http://www.groupon.com) is offering an extraordinary deal to shoppers this Thanksgiving Day: it’s remaining open for 24 hours, the entire duration of the holiday. And it will feature fantastic deals throughout the holidays -- just like every other day.

“I'm glad people are happy, but I don't see what all the fuss is about," said Groupon spokesperson, Barnicus Stapleton, Groupon’s Director of Website Openness and author of the pamphlet, <Tag, You’re It> A Child’s Guide to HTML Coding. "We're a website, so we're technically open all the time, regardless of holidays. Plus, we’re giving away $100 million in Groupon Bucks on Black Friday. It’d be lunacy to be closed."

By being open on Thanksgiving Day and also every other day of the year, Groupon hopes to inspire its customers to check Groupon first for great gift ideas instead of climbing in a car and driving to a crowded store full of people they don't even know, especially if it's starting to get kind of cold outside.

"Again, I can't stress enough, we're not changing the way we're doing anything," added Stapleton. "If anything, it would be much more expensive and present an almost impossible technical challenge for us to be closed on Thanksgiving. So, yes—we'll be 'open,' I guess."

Groupon shoppers will find that by using Groupon to do their holiday shopping this Thanksgiving weekend, they’ll free up time for traditional holiday family activities such as everyone using laptops in the same room as each other or watching Season 2 of something.

Groupon's Holiday Gift Shop, open Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and every day this holiday season, can be found at: http://www.groupon.com/gifts or on the Gift Shop tab on the mobile app. From the elusive Playstation 4 video game system to the 3-story Barbie Dreamhouse, to Groupon’s new Gift Card Collection and outstanding local leisure and wintertime activities, Groupon is a must this week as the shopping season kicks into high gear.

“And remember,” said Stapleton, “we’re open all the time, and we don’t even have a physical store. I don’t know what those two guys who’ve been camped out in front of our office for four days are doing.”

Spectacular offerings going live this week include:

• Playstation 4 Bundle with game and extra controller (Nov. 29)
• 3-story Barbie Dreamhouse (19% discount)
• Barbie Holiday Collection Doll (18% discount)
• Just Dance 2014 (25% discount)
• NBA team remote control helicopters
• Croton, Stuhrling, Diadora & Invicta watches for $49.99
• ProForm 600 LE Elliptical (67% discount)
• Jewelry collection including 14 specific product deals, 200 different styles available
• Groupon’s Gift Card Collection, including gift cards from such national brands as:
  • Coldwater Creek (50% discount)
  • FTD (48% discount)
  • jcp Portraits (Up to 80% discount)
  • Brookstone (Dec. 2)
• Local holiday activities throughout the country include:
  • Jungle Island’s Winter Wonder Island Event in Miami (Up to 54% discount)
  • Christmas Package at Santa’s Lodge in Santa Claus, Indiana (33% discount)
  • Private Holiday Lights Boat Tour in near Dallas (70% discount)

The Holiday Gift Shop appears in Groupon’s recently redesigned website as well as new versions of its popular iPhone, Android and iPad mobile apps. The latest versions of the website and mobile apps all provide a brand new way to shop Groupon, making it simple for customers to search through Groupon’s tens of thousands of offers to find the exact deal for the holiday season.

About Groupon

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a global leader in local commerce, making it easy for people around the world to search and discover great businesses at unbeatable prices. Groupon is reinventing the traditional small business world by providing merchants with a suite of products and services, including customizable deals, payments processing capabilities and point-of-sale solutions to help them attract more customers and run their operations more effectively. By leveraging the company’s global relationships and scale, Groupon offers consumers incredible deals on the best stuff to eat, see, do, and buy in 48 countries. With Groupon, shoppers discover the best a city has to offer with Groupon Local, enjoy vacations with Groupon Getaways, and find a curated selection of electronics, fashion, home furnishings and more with Groupon Goods. To subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.Groupon.com. To learn more about the company’s merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit www.GrouponWorks.com.