Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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John Lewis, the UK department store retailer, is running a trial of graphic epaper display systems at its Exeter store. Manufacturer ZBD has supplied the epaper displays and Pierhouse has provided the retail information and pricing ...
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The Eastern Coatings Show executive committee has announced that Peter Molinaro, vice president of North America Government Affairs for The Dow Chemical Company, will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural event scheduled for April 29 ...
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Global internet retail sales topped $US1 trillion ($962bn) for the first time in 2012 with the United States holding the top spot but China rising fast, a market research firm has said. The report by eMarketer said ecommerce consumer ...
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Hamleys is hosting a number of Wreck-It Ralph workshops in stores. Kids can use sweets such as marshmallows, jelly beans, liquorice all sorts, pink wafers and more to create their own 'mini' Sugar Rush racing car just like Vanellope von ...
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USA - The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 21-23 March. This year's raffle will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the ...
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The 15th annual Charity Golf Funday will be held at Macquarie Links International Golf Club on Friday, 22 March. Organised by the Australian Office Products Charitable Fund, this year's event will be in aid of Juvenile Arthritis ...
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SAP plans to extend its CRM offering with the acquisition of Ticket-Web, a German specialist in online ticketing for sports and entertainment venues. Ticket-Web has two main product lines: Entree Tickets and Entree CRM. Entree Tickets is ...
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The Green Bay Packers organization knows that a winning football team and the iconic Lambeau Field are enormous fan draws. But even a storied team with 100,000 people on a waiting list for season tickets feels the effects of competing with ...
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AT THE MARKET - Case goods suppliers came to market this week with aggressive introductions aimed at boosting business in the bedroom and formal dining room categories in 2013. Based on reaction from dealers thus far, business could pick ...
Washington Post reports that the mandate and funding of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), which was established in October 2004, is due to expire in March, marking what it describes as the end of an effort to ...
The NCQLP is pleased to announce that the Annual Luncheon at Lightfair honoring LCs will feature Gerry Cornwell, LC, Academic Coordinator, Certificate Program in Lighting Design, Ryerson University in Toronto. This presentation promises to ...
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SML Group Ltd., a global brand identification solutions provider that supplies Tags, Swing Tickets and Labels to the retail apparel industry, today announced the opening of a new inlay Production Center at its CGP facility in Clayton, Nr. ...
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Russian retailer O'Key has seen its like-for-like sales rise during the fourth quarter, which contributed to a 24.5% increase in total revenue. During the period total revenues rose to RUB116bn (US$3.8bn). Gains were primarily driven by ...
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Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website today, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colourful ...