Tippr, which provides white-label services for group buying, is proposing a new potential technology standard for the group buying industry today, dubbed the “Open Deal Format”

Startup Milo had previously commanded one aspect of the online to offline shopping experience by highlighting local inventory at brick and mortar stores in online inventory search. But earlier this year, Google Product Search launched Blue Dot, on mobile search. Similar to Milo, Blue Dot allows users within search to see if a product is in-stock at nearby stores. However, Milo