E-commerce transactions within Facebook will not appeal to brands

Dawinderpal Sahota
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LivingSocial argues that Facebook's role is in driving awareness and not in transactions

LivingSocial, a web site offering local deals to users, has said that it does not see demand for social networking giant Facebook to tailor its model towards e-commerce transactions. Chief opera...

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