Slickdeals Explained

Slickdeals
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Location City:Las Vegas, Nevada
Location Country:United States
Country Of Origin:United States
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Key People:Neville Crawley (CEO)[1]
Ken Leung (CTO)
Stephen Loh (CFO)[2]
Elizabeth Simer (CBO)
Josh Phillips (CPO)
Vitaly Pecharsky (SVP Product)[3] [4]
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Current Status:Active

Slickdeals is a mobile app and online platform where community members report and upvote the best deals on the internet each day.[5] It is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.[6] [7]

History

Slickdeals was founded in 1999.[1] [8]

In 2012, Warburg Pincus made an investment in Slickdeals.[8] [9]

In 2018, Hearst Corp and Goldman Sachs's private equity subsidiary, West Street Capital, acquired Slickdeals.[8] [10] At the time of the acquisition, Slickdeals had more than 10 million active users.[8] [11]

In June 2022, Statista named Slickdeals as the most visited coupon website in the United States.[12] [13]

In January 2024, Slickdeals named Neville Crawley as chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Josh Meyers, who had been the CEO since 2013.[1] [14] [15]

Platform

Slickdeals' platform allows users to share, review, and give feedback on deals and coupons in the U.S.[16] [17] [3] It also provides deal listings provided by the community and special saving coupons.[18] [19] [20] USA Today called it one of the largest online deal-sharing communities.[21]

It is also available as a browser extension.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slickdeals Seeks 'Up-Funnel' Action. 15 January 2024 . Grace . Harmon . Los Angeles Business Journal.
  2. Web site: Built In LA. www.builtinla.com.
  3. Web site: Local website simplifying Black Friday shopping. Sergio. Avila. November 24, 2016. KSNV.
  4. Web site: Can you have too many credit cards?. April 18, 2012. Reuters.
  5. Web site: The Best Shopping Apps for Coupons, Price Comparisons and Deals. John Corpuz last. updated. December 11, 2019. Tom's Guide.
  6. Web site: Why big companies are spending billions on deal sites like Honey and Slickdeals. Katie. Tarasov. CNBC. 15 April 2021 .
  7. Web site: Slickdeals helps navigate shoppers through Black Friday deals. November 23, 2015. KSNV.
  8. Web site: Goldman Sachs PE Unit Buys Slickdeals From Warburg Pincus. June 14, 2018. Bloomberg.
  9. Web site: Goldman Sachs PE unit buys Slickdeals. Pittsburgh Post.
  10. News: Warburg Sells Slickdeals to Goldman and Hearst. Wall Street Journal.
  11. Web site: How To Find The Best Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals (From Home). Tom. Popomaronis. Forbes.
  12. Web site: Digital coupons and deals in the United States. Statista.
  13. Web site: Amazon now offers coupons, how consumers can stretch their dollar. April 17, 2023.
  14. Web site: The Liberal Arts of Leadership. www.rollins.edu.
  15. Web site: Finding The Hot Black Friday Tech Deals With Slickdeals.net. November 21, 2017. FOX 5 DC.
  16. News: Warburg Sells Slickdeals to Goldman and Hearst. WSJ.
  17. Web site: 31 Best Websites to Score Free Stuff. Fortune.
  18. Web site: Most Popular Deal Site: Slickdeals. November 27, 2012. Lifehacker.
  19. Web site: How to Find Online Coupon Codes. PCMag.
  20. Web site: Holiday guide to shopping and saving as sales hit stores early. Today.
  21. Web site: Online shopping: Get the best deal-sniffing browser extensions and protect your packages. Marc. Saltzman. USA Today.

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