Boston-based Rue La La, the private sale and shopping site, said today it has opened a local deals site in San Francisco called Rue San Francisco. It’s part of a broader effort, called Rue Local, that has rolled out local deals sites for Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, and (earlier this summer) Washington DC, Los Angeles, and New York City; Miami and Chicago sites are slated to follow later this month. Rue La La started in 2008 as part of Retail Convergence, led by CEO Ben Fischman. In late 2009, Retail Convergence was acquired by GSI Commerce. Then in March 2011, eBay agreed to buy GSI Commerce and spin out Rue La La (and another GSI division) as a separate company, with eBay retaining a 30 percent stake in the company.
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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