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TWICE eNews Daily
December 2, 2008

News

Tweeter Shuts All Stores
Canton, Mass. — Tweeter terminated its corporate staff yesterday afternoon and shuttered all of its remaining stores this morning, days before a planned weekend shutdown. more » » » 

Economy Hits Audio Hard: NPD
Port Washington, N.Y. — Most major segments of the home audio industry contracted at the retail level through October, The NPD Group’s Retail Tracking Service found. more » » » 



NAB, CBS Outernet Expand DTV Outreach
New York — As the analog TV cutoff countdown clock races to the appointed Feb. 17, 2009 deadline date, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and partners have expanded their PSA's to out-of-home video network platforms. more » » » 

Microsoft: Xbox 360 Topped PS3 On Black Fri.
Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft said Tuesday sales of its Xbox 360 video game console out sold Sony’s rival PlayStation3 three-to-one over the Black Friday sales weekend in the United States. more » » » 

Sears: Q3 Net Loss, Lower Sales
Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Sears Holdings reported a net loss of $146 million, a $900 million drop in total revenues and a comp-store sales drop of 10.6 percent for its fiscal third quarter, ended Nov. 1 more » » » 


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Blogs

Reporters Notebook by Greg Tarr
Mobile DTV Takes Another Step
A seemingly minor yet important item came out of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) th...
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Reporters Notebook by Joseph Palenchar
Misplaced Audio Priorities?
Retailers’ audio promotion priorities are MP3 players, home theater in a box (HTiB) systems,...
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Viewpoint by Steve Smith
Pleasant Black Friday Surprises
Contrary to what you might have thought, given all the gloom and doom, Black Friday retail sales wer...
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Reporters Notebook by Colleen Bohen
Distribution Nuggets
Petra will offer extended holiday hours by making its sales team available every Saturda...
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More News

Sling Media Launches Sling.com Site
Foster City, Calif. — EchoStar’s Sling Media officially launched its new Web site, Sling.com, offering a variety of Sling box features and socialization options for the Sling-user community. more » » » 

Nokia Launches Touchscreen Smartphone
Nokia’s N97 3G phone New York — Nokia announced a first-half 2009 overseas launch of what it called its most powerful 3G cellphone to date, the N97 multimedia computer with touchscreen, hard QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of embedded memory. more » » » 

MERA Offers Convention ‘Scholarships’
The Mobile Enhancement Retailers Association (MERA) will offer scholarships to help retailers attend the KnowledgeFest 2009 trade event. more » » » 

Clean Machine Service Available On Amazon
Far Hills, N.J. — Clean Machine has made its PC Concierge subscription-based security service available at Amazon.com. more » » » 

Black Friday Price Watch
To track marketplace pricing as we head into the holiday selling season, TWICE and market research firm IFR Group have created the Black Friday Price Watch, a weekly listing of the most advertised CE SKUs within key product categories. more » » » 

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