| Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] |
SEGMENT INFORMATION The company organizes its operations into three principal segments: North America, EMEA, which is comprised of Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the remainder of the Company's international operations ("Rest of World"). Segment operating results reflect earnings before stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expense (benefit), net, other income (expense), net and provision for income taxes. Segment information reported in the tables below represents the operating segments of the Company organized in a manner consistent with which separate information is available and for which segment results are evaluated regularly by the Company's chief operating decision-maker in assessing performance and allocating resources. Revenue and profit or loss information by reportable segment reconciled to consolidated net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | North America | | | | | | | | Revenue(1) | $ | 423,931 |
| | $ | 377,182 |
| | $ | 854,993 |
| | $ | 716,736 |
| Segment cost of revenue and operating expenses(2) | 409,386 |
| | 328,674 |
| | 829,063 |
| | 626,862 |
| Segment operating income(2) | 14,545 |
| | 48,508 |
| | 25,930 |
| | 89,874 |
| EMEA | | | | | | | | Revenue(3) | 227,690 |
| | 159,962 |
| | 458,583 |
| | 343,760 |
| Segment cost of revenue and operating expenses(2) | 199,981 |
| | 135,254 |
| | 411,951 |
| | 284,876 |
| Segment operating income(2) | 27,709 |
| | 24,708 |
| | 46,632 |
| | 58,884 |
| Rest of World | | | | | | | | Revenue | 99,955 |
| | 71,603 |
| | 195,637 |
| | 149,653 |
| Segment cost of revenue and operating expenses(2) | 117,811 |
| | 85,776 |
| | 238,240 |
| | 188,215 |
| Segment operating loss(2) | (17,856 | ) | | (14,173 | ) | | (42,603 | ) | | (38,562 | ) | Consolidated | | | | | | | | Revenue | 751,576 |
| | 608,747 |
| | 1,509,213 |
| | 1,210,149 |
| Segment cost of revenue and operating expenses(2) | 727,178 |
| | 549,704 |
| | 1,479,254 |
| | 1,099,953 |
| Segment operating income(2) | 24,398 |
| | 59,043 |
| | 29,959 |
| | 110,196 |
| Stock-based compensation | 31,655 |
| | 32,446 |
| | 55,384 |
| | 62,353 |
| Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net | 597 |
| | (815 | ) | | 2,382 |
| | (747 | ) | (Loss) income from operations | (7,854 | ) | | 27,412 |
| | (27,807 | ) | | 48,590 |
| Other expense, net | (1,023 | ) | | (5,579 | ) | | (1,863 | ) | | (10,662 | ) | (Loss) income before provision for income taxes | (8,877 | ) | | 21,833 |
| | (29,670 | ) | | 37,928 |
| Provision for income taxes | 12,045 |
| | 27,384 |
| | 26,615 |
| | 46,721 |
| Net loss | $ | (20,922 | ) | | $ | (5,551 | ) | | $ | (56,285 | ) | | $ | (8,793 | ) |
| | (1) | North America includes revenue from the United States of $413.2 million and $363.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $833.1 million and $690.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
| | (2) | Segment cost of revenue and operating expenses and segment operating income (loss) exclude stock-based compensation and acquisition-related expense (benefit), net. This presentation corresponds to the measure of segment profit or loss that the Company's chief operating decision-maker uses in assessing segment performance and making resource allocation decisions. The following table summarizes the Company's stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related expense (benefit), net by reportable segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands): |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | | Stock-based compensation | | Acquisition-related | | Stock-based compensation | | Acquisition-related | | Stock-based compensation | | Acquisition-related | | Stock-based compensation | | Acquisition-related | North America | | $ | 26,206 |
| | $ | 597 |
| | $ | 25,610 |
| | $ | (523 | ) | | $ | 45,686 |
| | $ | 2,238 |
| | $ | 48,412 |
| | $ | (380 | ) | EMEA | | 2,227 |
| | — |
| | 3,331 |
| | (292 | ) | | 4,500 |
| | 144 |
| | 6,466 |
| | (367 | ) | Rest of World | | 3,222 |
| | — |
| | 3,505 |
| | — |
| | 5,198 |
| | — |
| | 7,475 |
| | — |
| Consolidated | | $ | 31,655 |
| | $ | 597 |
| | $ | 32,446 |
| | $ | (815 | ) | | $ | 55,384 |
| | $ | 2,382 |
| | $ | 62,353 |
| | $ | (747 | ) |
Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net for the North America segment includes acquisition costs and gains and losses relating to contingent consideration obligations incurred by U.S. legal entities relating to purchases of businesses that became part of the EMEA and Rest of World segments, which is consistent with the attribution used for internal reporting purposes. | | (3) | Beginning in September 2013, direct revenue transactions in the EMEA Goods category have been transacted through a Switzerland-based subsidiary. As a result, EMEA includes revenue from Switzerland of $102.4 million and $194.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. |
The following table summarizes the Company's total assets by reportable segment as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | June 30, 2014 | | December 31, 2013 | North America (1) | $ | 1,011,970 |
| | $ | 1,267,158 |
| EMEA | 574,850 |
| | 616,126 |
| Rest of World (1) | 550,619 |
| | 158,726 |
| Consolidated total assets | $ | 2,137,439 |
| | $ | 2,042,010 |
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| | (1) | North America contains assets from the United States of $977.4 million and $1,231.3 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Rest of World contains assets from the Republic of Korea, including those assets acquired as a part of our acquisition of Ticket Monster described in Note 2 "Business Combinations," of $399.4 million as of June 30, 2014. There were no other individual countries that represented more than 10% of consolidated total assets as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. |
Category Information The Company offers goods and services through three primary categories: Local Deals ("Local"), Groupon Goods ("Goods") and Groupon Getaways ("Travel"). The Company also earns advertising revenue, payment processing revenue, point of sale revenue, reservation revenue and commission revenue. Revenue and gross profit from these other sources were previously considered to be distinct from our primary categories and were aggregated with revenue and gross profit from Travel, our smallest category. In recent periods, these other revenue sources have been increasingly viewed by management as a component of the Local category, as they are primarily generated through the Company's relationships with local and national merchants. Accordingly, the Company has updated its presentation of category information in the current period to include other revenue and gross profit within the Local category in the tables below, and the prior period category information has been retrospectively adjusted to conform to the current period presentation. The following table summarizes the Company's third party and other and direct revenue by category for its three reportable segments for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | North America | | EMEA | | Rest of World | | Consolidated | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Local (1): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party and other | $ | 164,500 |
| | $ | 176,684 |
| | $ | 96,485 |
| | $ | 110,229 |
| | $ | 42,711 |
| | $ | 43,849 |
| | $ | 303,696 |
| | $ | 330,762 |
| Direct | — |
| | 693 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 693 |
| Total | 164,500 |
| | 177,377 |
| | 96,485 |
| | 110,229 |
| | 42,711 |
| | 43,849 |
| | 303,696 |
| | 331,455 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Goods: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 1,399 |
| | 4,651 |
| | 16,845 |
| | 32,938 |
| | 38,697 |
| | 14,985 |
| | 56,941 |
| | 52,574 |
| Direct | 240,227 |
| | 181,377 |
| | 98,568 |
| | 2,181 |
| | 6,840 |
| | 5,625 |
| | 345,635 |
| | 189,183 |
| Total | 241,626 |
| | 186,028 |
| | 115,413 |
| | 35,119 |
| | 45,537 |
| | 20,610 |
| | 402,576 |
| | 241,757 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Travel: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 17,805 |
| | 13,777 |
| | 15,792 |
| | 14,614 |
| | 11,707 |
| | 7,144 |
| | 45,304 |
| | 35,535 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total revenue | $ | 423,931 |
| | $ | 377,182 |
| | $ | 227,690 |
| | $ | 159,962 |
| | $ | 99,955 |
| | $ | 71,603 |
| | $ | 751,576 |
| | $ | 608,747 |
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| | (1) | Includes revenue from deals with local merchants, from deals with national merchants, and through local events. |
The following table summarizes the Company's third party and other and direct revenue by category for its three reportable segments for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | North America | | EMEA | | Rest of World | | Consolidated | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Local (1): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party and other | $ | 341,747 |
| | $ | 348,978 |
| | $ | 205,605 |
| | $ | 221,818 |
| | $ | 86,525 |
| | $ | 89,263 |
| | $ | 633,877 |
| | $ | 660,059 |
| Direct | — |
| | 693 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 693 |
| Total | 341,747 |
| | 349,671 |
| | 205,605 |
| | 221,818 |
| | 86,525 |
| | 89,263 |
| | 633,877 |
| | 660,752 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Goods: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 2,720 |
| | 7,795 |
| | 34,320 |
| | 78,813 |
| | 74,872 |
| | 33,047 |
| | 111,912 |
| | 119,655 |
| Direct | 476,341 |
| | 329,442 |
| | 187,982 |
| | 9,632 |
| | 12,520 |
| | 12,403 |
| | 676,843 |
| | 351,477 |
| Total | 479,061 |
| | 337,237 |
| | 222,302 |
| | 88,445 |
| | 87,392 |
| | 45,450 |
| | 788,755 |
| | 471,132 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Travel: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 34,185 |
| | 29,828 |
| | 30,676 |
| | 33,497 |
| | 21,720 |
| | 14,940 |
| | 86,581 |
| | 78,265 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total revenue | $ | 854,993 |
| | $ | 716,736 |
| | $ | 458,583 |
| | $ | 343,760 |
| | $ | 195,637 |
| | $ | 149,653 |
| | $ | 1,509,213 |
| | $ | 1,210,149 |
|
| | (1) | Includes revenue from deals with local merchants, from deals with national merchants, and through local events. |
The following table summarizes the Company's gross profit by category for its three reportable segments for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | North America | | EMEA | | Rest of World | | Consolidated | | Three Months Ended
June 30, | | Three Months Ended
June 30, | | Three Months Ended
June 30, | | Three Months Ended
June 30, | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Local (1): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party and other | $ | 142,674 |
| | $ | 155,671 |
| | $ | 90,373 |
| | $ | 99,318 |
| | $ | 35,618 |
| | $ | 35,885 |
| | $ | 268,665 |
| | $ | 290,874 |
| Direct | — |
| | 57 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 57 |
| Total | 142,674 |
| | 155,728 |
| | 90,373 |
| | 99,318 |
| | 35,618 |
| | 35,885 |
| | 268,665 |
| | 290,931 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Goods: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 1,128 |
| | 4,129 |
| | 14,990 |
| | 28,233 |
| | 24,599 |
| | 9,416 |
| | 40,717 |
| | 41,778 |
| Direct | 21,833 |
| | 22,848 |
| | 20,442 |
| | (1,125 | ) | | 24 |
| | (450 | ) | | 42,299 |
| | 21,273 |
| Total | 22,961 |
| | 26,977 |
| | 35,432 |
| | 27,108 |
| | 24,623 |
| | 8,966 |
| | 83,016 |
| | 63,051 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Travel: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 14,365 |
| | 11,881 |
| | 14,894 |
| | 13,105 |
| | 8,922 |
| | 5,726 |
| | 38,181 |
| | 30,712 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total gross profit | $ | 180,000 |
| | $ | 194,586 |
| | $ | 140,699 |
| | $ | 139,531 |
| | $ | 69,163 |
| | $ | 50,577 |
| | $ | 389,862 |
| | $ | 384,694 |
|
| | (1) | Includes gross profit from deals with local merchants, from deals with national merchants, and through local events. |
The following table summarizes the Company's gross profit by category for its three reportable segments for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | North America | | EMEA | | Rest of World | | Consolidated | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | Six Months Ended
June 30, | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Local (1): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party and other | $ | 295,296 |
| | $ | 302,050 |
| | $ | 190,439 |
| | $ | 196,707 |
| | $ | 70,366 |
| | $ | 75,375 |
| | $ | 556,101 |
| | $ | 574,132 |
| Direct | — |
| | 57 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 57 |
| Total | 295,296 |
| | 302,107 |
| | 190,439 |
| | 196,707 |
| | 70,366 |
| | 75,375 |
| | 556,101 |
| | 574,189 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Goods: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 2,288 |
| | 6,798 |
| | 30,712 |
| | 68,228 |
| | 48,115 |
| | 15,977 |
| | 81,115 |
| | 91,003 |
| Direct | 33,277 |
| | 32,635 |
| | 32,022 |
| | (1,146 | ) | | (1,357 | ) | | (299 | ) | | 63,942 |
| | 31,190 |
| Total | 35,565 |
| | 39,433 |
| | 62,734 |
| | 67,082 |
| | 46,758 |
| | 15,678 |
| | 145,057 |
| | 122,193 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Travel: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Third party | 28,807 |
| | 25,402 |
| | 28,563 |
| | 29,463 |
| | 17,055 |
| | 12,456 |
| | 74,425 |
| | 67,321 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total gross profit | $ | 359,668 |
| | $ | 366,942 |
| | $ | 281,736 |
| | $ | 293,252 |
| | $ | 134,179 |
| | $ | 103,509 |
| | $ | 775,583 |
| | $ | 763,703 |
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| | (1) | Includes gross profit from deals with local merchants, from deals with national merchants, and through local events. |
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