Retail spending growth will remain steady heading into 2013, according to the AFGC CHEP Retail Index. The index showed 3 per cent growth in December 2012 compared with December 2011. Looking ahead, this level of year-on-year growth is ...
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Consumer products executives expect their highest growth to come from the warehouse club channel compared with any other retail sales channel over the next three years, including mass merchandise, grocery, and e-commerce, according to new ...
Dell is said to be close to being bought out for about $24bn (£15.1bn) as the crisis amid PC makers takes its toll on one of the world's largest technology firms. The company, which has switched its focus from producing PCs to ...
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For the first time in Australia and New Zealand, value chain professionals can in 2013 compete globally against fellow professionals in a unique and innovative learning format. The Fresh Connection Global Challenge is in 2013 offering an ...
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Officeworks plans to build its new Wyong store on vacant land on the corner of Johnson Road and Tuggerah Straight, which will have to be rezoned from light industrial to ‘centre support’. Wyong Council supported the rezoning ...
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Chinese firm Lenovo has overtaken Acer in the volume of EMEA PC sales made by quarter, to become the second biggest PC maker in the region, behind HP. According to figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 from analysts IDC, a sustained ...
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The Open Data Institute (ODI) opened for business in December, underlining the UK’s position as a world leader in the field. The Technology Strategy Board is a key funder of the new institute providing £2 m per year over the ...
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Despite news that Google’s security team is experimenting with ways to replace passwords for logging in to websites, security experts have warned that passwords should not yet be tossed. Many experts have, however, acknowledged that ...
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Cloud Sherpas is continuing its string of acquisitions of boutique consulting firms for cloud services, with the purchase of Innoveer Solutions and Navigis. Terms of the deals, which were announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. Innoveer is ...
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Tablets and smartphones are more popular than ever, but PCs will continue to dominate how we use the internet and work. That's according to a new report by analysts at Deloitte, which examines the top technology trends for 2013. The ...
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Bringing together the world's leading retailers and their business partners, Retail's BIG Show is set to commence next week, offering a speaker lineup never seen before. The four-day convention, held January 13-16, 2013 at the Jacob ...
Consumers now employ an arsenal of smartphones,mobile and social applications and tablets,while retailers utilize converging sales channels and touch points to influence and enhance the customer experience. As a result,retail executives ...
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Nine out of 10 companies do not believe that they are vulnerable to hackers,despite the fact that half have faced a"security incident"in the past year. That is the conclusion of a report into computer security by consultants Deloitte ...
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Taiwan SemiLEDs Corp has declared that, on 2 January, David Young resigned as its chief financial officer, according to a filing announced by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Subsequently, on 4 January, the board of ...
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IDG News Service - A long-running legal dispute between Marin County, Calif., Deloitte Consulting and SAP over a troubled software project has concluded in a legal settlement this week that will reportedly net the county far less money than ...
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