In the months of May and June, shares of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) have returned to over 73% to investors. These are encouraging signs of a recovery for this major player in the e-commerce industry.
According to Groupon’s first quarter 2023 financial results, it will have saved $250 million in annualized costs by the end of 2023. Additionally, the management has revealed its transformation plan to revamp Groupon and reposition it for future expansion.
Approximately 18.2 million customers were active on Groupon at the end of the first quarter, down from 22.2 million at the same time last year. International Active Local Customers grew year-over-year for the fifth consecutive quarter.
The second stage of Groupon, Inc.’s multi-phase restructuring plan, which is a component of the company’s comprehensive cost-savings plan, was approved by the board of directors on January 25, 2023. In an effort to reduce expenses, Groupon announced last week that it had reduced its workforce by another 500 employees. In August 2022, the e-commerce company cut 500 jobs, or about 15% of its total workforce. According to the company’s SEC filing, the job cuts will result in annual cost savings of millions.
The Company also intends to carry out additional non-payroll actions outlined in the 2022 Cost Savings Plan, such as lowering costs associated with professional services, technology, and software. Additional annualized cost savings of $30.0 million are anticipated as a result of these actions.
Groupon has approximately 20 million customers. More than 15 million of these users have been on the platform for five years or longer. The majority of users are active buyers and sellers on the platform. Sometime back, Prescience Point had said that this information demonstrated that the business was a force to be reckoned with. Market analysts had also noticed that Groupon’s core business was undervalued.
By putting more of an emphasis on lower funnel performance channels and switching from incrementality to ROI targets in Q1, Groupon increased the effectiveness of its marketing expenditure. This led to advances in efficiency, particularly in search engine marketing, and a decrease in marketing expenditure as a percentage of gross earnings. Prior to shifting back to mid- and upper-funnel channels, Groupon is now concentrating on increasing returns in performance channels.
Groupon thus continues to move towards its vision to create a marketplace where customers can purchase goods and services that add value to life and make it more interesting.
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Groupon can easily bounce back by the end of 2023 which makes it a good investment and a good opportunity for the savvy investor.
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