Microsoft has opened its virtual store and begun selling upgrades to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, making good on a promise made last summer. The upgrade, which must be downloaded and installed via a utility called “Windows 8 Upgrade ...
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Steve DelBianco is worried that the U.S. Congress will soon pass a law allowing states to collect sales taxes from most online sellers. An expected push for online sales tax legislation in Congress in 2013 is a "clear and present danger ...
Tags: Steve DelBianco, U.S.Congress, law, sales taxes, online sellers
Apple's cryptic invitation on Tuesday to an event set for next week triggered another surge in trade-in activity by consumers wanting to unload older iPhones in time to buy the new model. Some trade-in companies registered spikes on ...
Tags: Apple, iphone 5, iphone 5 launch, iPhone4S, iPhone5 invite, iPhone5 release
Wal-Mart Stores, Kroger, Alpha Baking and Grupo Bimbo are seeking to acquire the assets that are being divested by Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products. The auction has attracted about 24 bidders. While some bidders ...
Tags: Wal-Mart, Hostess Brands'Assets
The financial metrics that CIOs and fellow senior executives strive to meet measure corporate health, not specific IT achievements. That suits "mature professionals" just fine, says Wayne Shurts, CIO of Supervalu, a $36.1 billion grocery ...
US retailers Wal-Mart Storesand Kroger are understood to be one of a number of bidders for the assets of US baker and Twinkies owner Hostess Brands. Hostess last month received court permission to wind down its business and sell ...
Tags: WalMart, Hostess Brands, bid, company news
By 9:30 a.m. Friday, Santa was in his green chair at Yorktown Center and three sisters, surrounded by shopping bags, were taking a break before heading to the next mall. Patricia Baker, 54, of Maywood, Donna Holliday, 48, of Bellwood, and ...
Tags: Toys, shopping, holiday season, shopping levels
STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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Wal-Mart Stores is reportedly in talks to buy Turkish retailer Migros Ticaret from UK private-equity firm BC Partners. Reports in London today (13 December) claimed the world's largest retailer was in discussions with the buy-out house, ...
Tags: WalMart Stores, Migros Ticaret, BC Partners
US retailer Save Mart is to hold talks with union officials in a bid to resolve a dispute over cuts being made to staff salaries and health care. Save Mart's offer for discussions follow a union vote in which a majority of members backed ...
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Wal-Mart Stores has deepened its commitment to developing a sustainable supply chain,through measures designed to lessen the environmental impact of global procurement. Speaking at an event in Beijing, Wal-Mart president and CEO Mike Duke ...
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Under-pressure US retailer Supervalu Inc today (30 July) announced CEO Craig Herkert has left the company. Supervalu, which is battling to revitalise its business after three years of falling gross profit and identical-store sales, said ...
Tags: Supervalu, Craig Herkert, falling gross profit, falling sales
US cereal maker Post Holdings has recorded an increase in third-quarter profits and reaffirmed its outlook for the year. In the three months to the end of June, earnings reached US$15.8m, compared to $1.6m in the prior-year quarter, when ...
Tags: Post Holdings, cereal market, profits, earnings
When Buddeez/American Plastics Group (APG) opened its doors, it was hard for the staff to imagine that less than 20 years later they would begin to outgrow their warehouses. However, the space crunch quickly turned around when APG found a ...
Tags: warehouses, Container System, assembly components, wooden pallets
Retailers are at war and it's not just the usual competition.The battle here is all about logistics and it presents an opportunity for the materials handling industry to provide solutions to meet the new challenges. Just look at Wal-Mart ...
Tags: retailers, logistics, competition