Used iPhone values dropped as much as 8% at several trade-in firms after Apple announced the new iPhone 5 and cut prices for two older models yesterday. In the last week, the price quoted by NextWorth for a used 16GB iPhone 4S fell by 8%, ...
Tags: mobile carrier, Apple, iPhone 5, LTE data networks
From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
Tags: CSR, Industry, Agriculture Food
Sunrise Technologies is pleased to announce a new Microsoft Dynamics AX customer, Gonzales Enterprises in Chico, CA. Fifth Sun is a privately owned design and distribution company of licensed and private label apparel to major retailers ...
Tags: Fifth Sun, private label apparel, Microsoft Dynamics AX, ERP solution
Models of Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet have been pulled from online stores of some top retailers in the U.S. and Canada, a move one analyst said could be a sign that the company is readying a successor tablet. The PlayBook tablet ...
Tags: RIM, PlayBook tablet, online stores, US, Canada
Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
Tags: economic pressures, buoyant growth, value-seeking consumers
The University of California is suing Facebook, alleging infringment on four patents that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications. Facebook, along with Wal-Mart and the Walt Disney Company, were sued in ...
Tags: The University of California, Facebook, patents, interactive applications
Microsoft has opened its virtual store and begun selling upgrades to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, making good on a promise made last summer. The upgrade, which must be downloaded and installed via a utility called “Windows 8 Upgrade ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Windows XP, Windows 8
Steve DelBianco is worried that the U.S. Congress will soon pass a law allowing states to collect sales taxes from most online sellers. An expected push for online sales tax legislation in Congress in 2013 is a "clear and present danger ...
Tags: Steve DelBianco, U.S.Congress, law, sales taxes, online sellers
Apple's cryptic invitation on Tuesday to an event set for next week triggered another surge in trade-in activity by consumers wanting to unload older iPhones in time to buy the new model. Some trade-in companies registered spikes on ...
Tags: Apple, iphone 5, iphone 5 launch, iPhone4S, iPhone5 invite, iPhone5 release
Wal-Mart Stores, Kroger, Alpha Baking and Grupo Bimbo are seeking to acquire the assets that are being divested by Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products. The auction has attracted about 24 bidders. While some bidders ...
Tags: Wal-Mart, Hostess Brands'Assets
The financial metrics that CIOs and fellow senior executives strive to meet measure corporate health, not specific IT achievements. That suits "mature professionals" just fine, says Wayne Shurts, CIO of Supervalu, a $36.1 billion grocery ...
US retailers Wal-Mart Storesand Kroger are understood to be one of a number of bidders for the assets of US baker and Twinkies owner Hostess Brands. Hostess last month received court permission to wind down its business and sell ...
Tags: WalMart, Hostess Brands, bid, company news
By 9:30 a.m. Friday, Santa was in his green chair at Yorktown Center and three sisters, surrounded by shopping bags, were taking a break before heading to the next mall. Patricia Baker, 54, of Maywood, Donna Holliday, 48, of Bellwood, and ...
Tags: Toys, shopping, holiday season, shopping levels
Wal-Mart Stores is reportedly in talks to buy Turkish retailer Migros Ticaret from UK private-equity firm BC Partners. Reports in London today (13 December) claimed the world's largest retailer was in discussions with the buy-out house, ...
Tags: WalMart Stores, Migros Ticaret, BC Partners
Wal-Mart Stores has deepened its commitment to developing a sustainable supply chain,through measures designed to lessen the environmental impact of global procurement. Speaking at an event in Beijing, Wal-Mart president and CEO Mike Duke ...
Tags: Wal-Mart, commitment, sustainable supply chain, global procurement