Gilt Groupe is a collection of web sites targeting shoppers with flash sales of merchandise, offering members exclusive discounts of high-end clothing, shoes and other apparel. Once members sign up, they receive e-mail alerts offering sharply discounted designer products targeted based on tastes they’ve indicated from previous purchases. Members have a window of between 36 and 48 hours in which to purchase the products. Product offerings are changed daily.

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Originally posted on BigDataStudio, by Fari Payandeh.

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