Google is hanging onto its dominant share of the search market, while its competitors inch up and down. Google edged a bit further ahead in January, going from 66.7% of the search market in December to 67%, industry tracker comScore said. ...
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French food retailer and manufacturer Les Mousquetaires saw its sales increase by more than 5% in 2012, with supermarket chain Intermarché gaining market share and higher revenues at its production arm. The company today (12 ...
French retailer E. Leclerc today (12 February) claimed its share of the domestic market grew faster than its rivals in 2012. Leclerc said it had 18.6% of the French grocery market last year, up a full percentage point on 2011. The ...
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Flowers Foods has expanded its market share in the wake of Hostess Brands move to wind down its operations. The US baker has been named the "stalking horse" bidder for the majority of Hostess Brands' bread business. While the assets will ...
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The company formerly known as RIM delivered on its promise to breathe new life into its aging, iconic BlackBerry product line, but BlackBerry devices still face an uphill battle against Apple's iPhone and myriad smartphones based on ...
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Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. The company's focus is on creating great products, and it will not make a smartphone that ...
Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, the world's third-largest seller of personal computers, was a signal that the personal computer, Microsoft's Windows, or both, are at growing risk of irrelevance, analysts said Tuesday. The loan was ...
Global smartphone sales skyrocketed by 38% in the fourth quarter year over year. Meanwhile, Samsung ended 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales, Gartner reported Wednesday. Even with the ...
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Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. The report from Counterpoint Research, based in Hong Kong, said Apple had a 15% ...
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For those who call tablets personal computers, Apple Inc. is the world's top PC maker, according to research firm Canalys. Canalys reported Wednesday that one in five PCs shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 was an Apple device, and most ...
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Despite the launch of the iPhone 5 in December in China, Apple's smartphone market share in the nation barely grew during last year's fourth quarter, according to research firm Canalys. The company remained the sixth largest smartphone ...
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The National Retail Federation welcomed the introduction of the Marketplace Fairness Act, saying that the new bipartisan and bicameral bill demonstrates progress on moving sales tax fairness legislation this session. “For far too ...
A two per cent profit margin is 'success' for a PC manufacturer, according to Lenovo's COO of EMEA, Gianfranco Lanci. Lenovo overtakes Acer’s EMEA PC sales but HP remains top Analysis: PC makers need to shape up or ship out HP ...
Aditya Birla Nuvo reports results for quarter ended 31st December 2012 -Revenue grew by 10 per cent to Rs.6, 305 crore -EBITDA rose by 29 per cent to Rs.1, 090 crore -Net profit surged by 28 per cent to Rs.323 crore For the ...
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Huntsman Corporation released its quarter four and full year 2012 results. Full Year 2012 Highlights -Net income attributable to Huntsman Corporation increased to $363 million compared to $247 million in the prior year period. ...