While i2 has its own marketplace functionality, the company seemed to be losing out on some of the big-name marketplace deals like GM TradeXchange and Ford's f AutoXchange marketplace with Oracle.
The outlets cited "exemplify the problem of marketplaces dealing in infringing goods and helping to sustain global piracy and counterfeiting," the report, issued by Ron Kirk, the trade representative, said.
Of course, there are plenty of other dark-web marketplaces dealing in illegal goods—and in fact, there's a theory that says that despite the dangers of the substances they sell, these illegal pharmacies might actually be preventing harm to users and society as a whole.
I2 is rumored to be in talks about other big marketplace deals, including one with shipping powerhouse UPS, according to sources close to the company.
If that's the case, it could give the company leverage in securing future high-profile marketplace deals, especially given the company's formidable presence in supply-chain software, which is the underlying technology for these marketplaces.
So far, i2 has lost out on some high-profile marketplace deals in the all-important automotive world, where Oracle orcl and Commerce One have landed two of the Big Three automakers.
And, in a chicken-and-egg scenario that is the marketplace, Deal Requests are a fun way for users to help contribute towards building Paygr's community of buyers and sellers.
"NYT International focused on contextual and geographical targeting for programmatic guaranteed and private marketplace deals and has not seen ad revenues drop as a result, according to Jean-Christophe Demarta, SVP for global advertising at New York Times International," it writes.
Groupon's bid to "transition from being just daily deals into a more complete offering," in Katz's words, is so far showing signs that it is paying off, with both mobile and non-time-specific Marketplace deals playing roles in that.
Today, that includes news of updates to Groupon's iPhone and Android apps: it is adding a universal search feature that will let consumers use the apps to search for Marketplace deals that are available nearby, covering not just local discounts that are time-sensitive but rolling offers that are not.
