Reporter's Notebook

By: Doug Olenick |

Amazon's Tablet Entry

I think it might be safe to say Amazon’s Kindle Fire has a lot of retailers and manufacturers a bit worried today, although they may not admit it.

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By: Doug Olenick |

Tablets To Be Served Up For Black Friday

One of our country’s more interesting traditions takes place in exactly nine weeks. At that time millions of Americans will drag themselves out of bed at 3 a

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By: Alan Wolf |

So Long Summer, Hello Holidays

The Christmas decorations are already out at Costco.

No matter that the charcoal embers are still hot from yesterday’s Labor Day barbeque, or that we

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By: Alan Wolf |

Koreans 1, Whirlpool 0

In a preliminary ruling, the U.S. Commerce Department has nixed Whirlpool’s petition to have import duties imposed on bottom-mount refrigerators from South

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By: Doug Olenick |

Acer Posts Q2 Loss

Maybe Hewlett-Packard has it right and there is no money to be made in the PC business.

Acer today posted its first-ever quarterly loss and company chairman

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By: Alan Wolf |

Whoo, Whoo Woot!

Best Buy is the latest addition to the growing cadre of deal-of-the-day e-commerce offerings, which now includes social promotion sites Groupon and Living Social.

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By: Doug Olenick |

For Want Of An e-Reader, Borders Goes Away

Borders president Mike Edwards today blamed the e-reader for the demise of his 399-store chain.

This is the first time in my recollection that an entire

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By: Joseph Palenchar |

Echo-Boomers: Salvation For Home Audio?

I recently spoke with a longtime high-end audio retailer who is optimistic about the future of the component-audio business.

He pointed to the aging of the

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By: Doug Olenick |

Apple Is Dead, Long Live Apple

Apple is doomed. You heard it here first.

No, wait. Actually, I read it

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By: Alan Wolf |

Pull Up A Chair

As if e-commerce wasn’t enough of a headache, brick-and-mortar retailers in California now face another serious challenge. There, a pair of appellate court

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