$33.8bn has already been spent online this holiday season According to figures from internet analytics firm comScore, shoppers spent a record $1bn online on four separate days. As consumers increasingly access the internet on-the-go ...
IBM has started to roll out a new processor for its Power family of servers, a project that will start with higher-end systems and eventually reach the midrange and low-end boxes. The new Power7+ chip has a higher clock speed than its ...
Samsung Electronics said today that net profit nearly doubled in the third quarter on strong sales of its Galaxy S III and Note 2, which also boosted results in its component business. The world’s largest maker of mobile handsets ...
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Amazon.com made a net loss in the third quarter, its first loss in nine years, even as revenue increased by 27 percent year on year. The US$274 million third-quarter loss compared with a net profit of $63 million a year earlier. Net sales ...
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Google's Chrome OS-based laptops could now be on the shelves of a nearby Best Buy store. At the Google I/O developer conference here today, the company announced that its Chromebook laptops are now available at 100 Best Buy stores in the ...
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — August 14, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — Food City (Abingdon, Va.) operates 104 supermarket outlets in the tri-state regions of Southeast Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. Fed up with the ...
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Retail sales in November, which are typically viewed as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, showed a solid performance with annual and sequential gains, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce ...
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Consumer magazine Cycling Utah is promoting this Saturday, Dec. 8, as the inaugural Bike Shop Saturday, conceived as a bicycle retail alternative to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Recognizing that local bike shops and bike-related ...
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Just in time for the anticipated 2012 holiday shopping season, JEHE Technology today unveiled three new stylish and affordable mini PCs with great specs and a small form factor that lets them fit just about anywhere. The new Giada mini PCs ...
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October retail sales data released this week by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) were down sequentially and up annually. The Department of Commerce reported that October retail sales at ...
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Victoria's Secret Herald Square flagship in New York City has reopened just in time for the holiday shopping season and is sexier than ever!Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima,Miranda Kerr,Candice Swanepoel and Lily Aldridge kicked off ...
Versa Capital Management,LLC announced that it has acquired Eastern Mountain Sports,a 69-store outdoor retailer in 12 eastern states,effective immediately.Mark Walsh,a Versa Principal and Chairman of Bob's Stores,a northeastern apparel ...
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Not waiting until Cyber Monday,online shoppers made Black Friday the biggest online spending day of the year so far. On Black Friday--the marketing term given for the day after Thanksgiving,generally one of the biggest shopping days of ...
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November isn't normally a strong month for mattress sales,but Sealy sees a big bedding opportunity on Black Friday,the big shopping day on the day after Thanksgiving. Sealy officials are hoping their dealers will be thanking them for the ...
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Amazon made a net loss in the third quarter,its first loss in nine years,even as revenue increased by 27%year on year. The$274 million third-quarter loss compared with a net profit of$63 million a year earlier.Net sales grew to$13.8 ...