Amazon, long rumoured to be developing its own smartphone, is working on a screen that allows people to see 3D images without glasses, the Wall Street Journal reported. The WSJ said the internet retail giant is working on several gadgets ...
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US retail giant Target is rolling out a system that can offer customers discount vouchers over social networking sites in a bid to lure them back into bricks-and-mortar stores. The systems enables people to select the deals marketed to ...
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Wesfarmers-owned Blackwoods, Australia's largest supplier of industrial, and safety workplace goods, will build a new distribution centre in Greystanes, Sydney. The largest business of the Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety Division, ...
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ASOS and Virtusize (the virtual fitting solution) announce the UK launch of ‘Fit Visualiser’ after an extensive six month trial. Starting, shoppers can tell if an item of clothing fits, before buying it online, by using the ...
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Online retail giant Amazon's shares dropped by 7.2 per cent to $254.81 (£163) on the NASDAQ stock exchange, after the firm forecasted that it could make a significant loss in the second quarter of 2013. Amazon predicted an operating ...
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As per the latest lobbying disclosure report filed by global retail giant Walmart with the US Senate and the House of Representatives, the company continued to lobby with the US lawmakers over Indian foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in ...
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Retail giant Tesco has reported pre-tax profits down 51% to 1.96bn – its first profit drop in 20 years – and revealed plans to close its US chain of Fresh & Easy shops in its full-year results for the 52 weeks to February 23. ...
Retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) is investing in brand-new lighting solutions in a bid to slash its energy bills by 35 per cent per sq ft by 2015. Various ecological projects are being carried out across several M&S outlets, with ...
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Attention Walmart shoppers (or is that drivers?). The retail giant has just launched a fuel-price rollback that knocks off as much as 15 cents per gallon on purchases at more than 1,000 Murphy USA and Walmart gas stations in 21 states. The ...
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A group led by Amazon's CEO has recovered the rocket engines that powered the NASA Apollo moon missions in the 1960s and 1970s from deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon.com, said his ...
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GE Lighting has partnered Hong Kong-based health andbeauty retail giant Watsons to implement its LED signage system at 400 storefronts across China. With the new lighting solution, Watsons storefronts exude an inviting brilliance while ...
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A US judge has ordered Apple's chief executive Tim Cook to testify in a case brought by the government accusing the tech giant of conspiring to raise e-book prices. US Federal Judge Denise Cote issued the order after a teleconference ...
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More companies are complaining of unfair competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS), suggesting that Amazon has created AWS-based services similar to their own, pricing them aggressively in a bid to win market share. The claims come less ...
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Canadian retail giant Loblaw has booked a drop in full-year profit as restructuring charges hit earnings. In the 12 months ended 29 December, net profit slid 15.5% to C$650m (US$857.8m), the company reported today (21 February). Operating ...
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A three-year contract to supply liquid milk to Sainsbury has been won by Dairy Crest after a competitive tender. Dairy Crest has retained its contract, which will run into 2017, to supply the retail giant. The firm said that while the ...
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