# Professor J.P. Eggers is interviewed for a feature story on the growth and decline of Groupon

1 Faculty News March 14, 2018 ![The Outline logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/theoutline192x144.jpg?itok=2JqHO8pi)>

Excerpt from [The Outline](https://theoutline.com/post/3723/groupon-chicago-recession-legacy?zd=3&zi=g6kgqogv) -- "[Eggers](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jp-eggers) chalked that swift demise up to the fact that, in the race for signing up merchants, salespeople began to ignore one very important thing: quality. ... 'It was fun for a while, then everyone got tired of checking because deals were lousy and nobody wanted them,' Eggers said."

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