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Local niche deals look like a good lifestyle business for savvy entrepreneurs, but are unlikely to yield more than a few scalable businesses.
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As the armor of horizontal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial begins to dent due to aggressive contract terms, saturation by deal seekers, and shaky financials, market forces are shifting in favor of deal sites from local and niche publishers with an audience, brand authority and sales team already in place.
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Although niche and local blogs have appeal to specific audiences, some real estate blogs have had success with a national focus.
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While consumer sites like Groupon were getting all the glamor of magazine covers and morning show segments, technology companies were steadily building a behind-the-scenes business in full-service daily deal solutions for niche and local publishers.
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They need to identify a particular niche which allows them to address local health needs through biotechnology, then build the necessary infrastructure around that, rather than shooting off in all directions.
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Hometalk hopes to fill this niche on the Internet, to become the web version of the local hardware store.
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The company has carved out an important niche in the profitable SUV segment and is far and away the leading local player in that category.
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But if the smaller and scalable technologies prove effective, they will establish valuable niche markets for themselves not just among the TVAs of the world but also among those local utilities and less developed countries that need a clean and continuous source of power.
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By delivering to convenient drop off locations and focusing on local, Relay believes it can avoid the mistakes of first generation online grocers and carve out its own niche in e-commerce.
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With local bright tech talent like Zhang at home and innovating, China has a better chance of climbing out of its niche as a low-cost manufacturer to the world and moving upmarket.
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