Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show. But in the end, Apple may not care. "I think PC, and Mac, volumes will continue to shrink ...
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Smartphone shipments grew steadily worldwide in Q1/2013, by 9.4% quarter-on-quarter to 216.4 million units in total, according to global research firm TrendForce. Since the beginning of 2012, smartphone shipment figures have risen each ...
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Since its foundation in 2009 Jung Process Systems, based in Kummerfeld near Hamburg, has concentrated on the engineering and marketing of Hyghspin hygienic twin screw pumps. With over 800 installed pumps and annual sales of approx. 3 ...
Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst said today. "It wasn't about Windows 8, it was much more about the price challenges facing OEMs," said Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, citing U.S. retail sales data the firm ...
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Retail sales are trending down through the first quarter this year compared to last year but that’s no reason for suppliers to panic, JJ Rudman, retail analyst for Leisure Trends Group, told attendees on a webinar yesterday. ...
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Truck Industry Council (TIC) statistics show that the truck market continues the recent trend of growth compared to the same period in the previous year. The March 2013 truck sales of 2,564 units were the best post-GFC for any March, with a ...
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The Mazda 3 has taken top honours in the March new car sales figures, marking the end of the first quarter of 2013. Finishing in the familiar position of first place, the Mazda 3 racked up sales of 3786 vehicles despite a fall in ...
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At 11th International Steel Market and Trade Conference held in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Zhang Jinghua, the vice president of Beijing-based state-owned Sinosteel Corporation, stated that China’s steel trading sector is ...
The second-generation Nexus 7 tablet, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, will be launched around July, according to two unnamed sources in a Reuters report. The Android device will be made by Asustek, and Google hopes to ship 8 ...
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Sofia Vergara Rooms To Go has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with Hispanic actress and businesswoman Sofia Vergara and plans to launch a home furnishings collection in her name in late fall. The 130-store Top 100 company ...
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Sales of both versions of the Microsoft Surface tablet computer number just 1.5 million, four months after the software giant launched the devices in a fanfare of publicity. Furthermore, just 400,000 Surface Pros have been sold since its ...
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Samsung on Thursday confirmed reports by German media that it will stop selling its Windows RT tablet, the Ativ Tab, in Germany. The sales of the tablet will also be halted in other European countries, according to the German tech news ...
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BMTC Group, Quebec's largest full-line furniture, mattress and appliance retailer, suffered declining sales and earnings in the fourth quarter and full year, a reflection of the challenging retail environment. Fourth quarter revenues of ...
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The sharemarket has shot up by more than 1.5 per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. The ...
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THE sharemarket closed higher after news that Australian retailers recorded their strongest January sales growth in six years led to gains for discretionary retail stocks. Retail spending rose 0.9 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January ...