At $199, Google's Nexus 7 may seem like a tempting tablet, but some potential buyers and analysts say that it lacks hardware features and is a feeble attempt to energize the Android OS in a market dominated by Apple. Google on Wednesday ...
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It’s been an incredible year for Skylanders. Why do you think it’s been so continually successful? Well, apart from the obvious fact it's a superb concept it's down to 1. Marketing spend, 2. Marketing spend and 3. Marketing ...
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“Licensing provides a route for retailers to both differentiate themselves from their competition and to reinvigorate product categories,” says Jessica Blue, event director of Brand Licensing Europe. “Licensing is becoming ...
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Amazon is keeping busy as the e-retailing company is reportedly prepping to release four new tablets and a smartphone. Amazon is working with manufacturer Foxconn to create the smartphone, according to a Bloomberg.com report that cited ...
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Although Apple on Tuesday unveiled redesigned iMac desktop computers,it has none to sell,nor is it taking pre-orders for the slimmer,higher-priced all-in-one. At the same time,Apple pulled the previous generation of iMacs from its ...
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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
The digital December/January edition, sponsored by LeapFrog, can be viewed online now. The redesigned ToyNews issue for December/January is available to read online or via our iPad app. Makeovers traditionally come as part of the ...
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Board games are enjoying a sales boom after consumers took strongly to the category in 2012. And leading suppliers have told ToyNews they expect 2013 to be another successful year. Recent research by Netmums and Mattel shows that double ...
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Falling sales in a "tough" market has profits from The Co-operative Group's food arm, the UK retailer said today (23 August). Operating from The Co-op's food business was GBP119m (US$188.8m) in the half year to 30 June, down from GBP142m ...
Tags: falling sales, "tough"market, Co-operative Group's food, Co-op's food
Mars Inc's Wrigley is to relaunch its Skittles confectionery brand in the UK in the New Year with a range re-design and an extra product. The GBP5m relaunch will see the company launch a Skittles Confused variant, whereby the colour of ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft may have accelerated plans to expand the Surface RT's retail footprint because touch-sensitive devices are the only Windows hardware flying off shelves,an analyst said yesterday. In a shift from its in-house sales ...
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PepsiCo is aiming for the biggest launch the UK crisp category in ten years with the latest addition to its portfolio - Walkers Deep Ridged. The company's bold claim came as it announced it had developed a product it said "unlocks ...
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Princes is hoping to "invigorate" the added-value tuna sector in the UK with the launch of a range of "on-the-go" tuna salads. In a bid to tap into the lunchtime market, Princes has rolled out a four-strong range that includes Tomato ...
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Mars Inc has extended its Uncle Ben's rice offering in the UK with the launch of a 'Twice the Fibre' line. The food giant is hoping to target parents looking to get more fibre into their family meals with the range, which offers "a blend ...
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Driven by a combination of policy initiatives, California is poised to regain its dominant position in the US solar market in 2013, according to NPD Solarbuzz. Once the dominant player in the US on-grid solar market, California's ...
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