Electronics/Appliance Retailing
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Best Buy in Wrong Business at Wrong Time (at Minyanville.com)
Source: www.minyanville.com Date: 12-15-2009 15:50:00 GMT
Conventional wisdom would indicate that deceased competitors means higher profit margins for survivors. But in consumer electronics, nothing could be further from the truth. Leading retailer Best Buy More
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Can TiVo Reinvent Itself?
Source: Multichannel News Date: 12-12-2009 07:00:00 GMT
TiVo president and CEO Tom Rogers says he doesn’t run a DVR company, but a "television behavioral company at heart." As such, his pitch to cable operator's is this: TiVo, with its highly intuitive and user-friendly software, is better-positioned than anyone else to help users sift through and More
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Costco to Focus on Blu-ray for the Holidays
Source: www.blu-ray.com Date: 12-04-2009 09:59:15 GMT
Costco Wholesale Corp. is putting the spotlight on Blu-ray Disc players and movies for the holiday shopping season, expanding in-store availability of BDs by 50% and educating about the format. The December issue of Costco Connection, distributed monthly to the company's 53 million More
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Virgin Mobile USA Expands Broadband2Go Distribution
Source: www.xchangemag.com Date: 11-15-2009 07:12:49 GMT
Virgin Mobile USA s Broadband2Go service expands to RadioShack, Sam s Club and online at virginmobileusa.com, walmart.com and target.com. More
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JVC Restructures U.S. Operations, Names Pres & CEO of New JVC USA
Source: www.photoreporter.com Date: 05-27-2009 04:23:36 GMT
Photo Reporter delivers up to the minute photography industry news, digital photography articles, and photo forum discussions. More
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TIVO INC Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Nov 24 (CCBN)
Source: biz.yahoo.com Date: 11-05-2009 00:07:05 GMT
Learn when companies announce their quarterly, annual earnings as well as other types of announcements. Listen to the conference call and remind yourself by adding it to your calendar. More
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Best Buy's Blu-ray players now stream Netflix
Source: www.betanews.com Date: 10-20-2009 15:58:23 GMT
Best Buy's in-house Insignia brand joins Sony, Samsung, and LG in streaming Netflix to connected Blu-ray players. More
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Barnes & Noble to sell own electronic reader: report
Source: www.reuters.com Date: 10-09-2009 01:17:41 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc will soon sell its own electronic reader to rival Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Barnes & Noble's More
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Hon Hai to explore Chinas 3C Product Distribution Market
Source: www.emsnow.com Date: 09-10-2009 00:00:00 GMT
Hon Hai's move to explore the market has been in a progressive stage, as it has teamed up with Germany's MetroGroup, a large-sized retailer in Europe to set up Media Market in China at a cost of US$50 million initially. More
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Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to spin off CE manufacturing department
Source: www.digitimes.com Date: 07-30-2009 05:49:53 GMT
Tsann Kuen, a major retail chain of IT products and consumer electronics in Taiwan recently decided to spin off its consumer electronics and home appliance manufacturing business effective on November 1, 2009. More
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Best Buy and TiVo Get Cozier (at Motley Fool)
Source: www.fool.com Date: 07-09-2009 17:54:00 GMT
The Motley Fool - TiVo and the consumer-electronics retailer team up to customize the couch-potato experience. More
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After 60 Years Circuit City Powers Down (ap)
Source: www.google.com Date: 03-09-2009 20:47:32 GMT
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The Good News: Blockbuster Same-Store Sales Rise (at TheStreet.com)
Source: www.thestreet.com Date: 03-05-2009 23:21:53 GMT
Blockbuster says domestic same-store sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 rose 4.4%.. Check out TheStreet for the latest stock market news and financial investment headlines. More
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3M Touch Systems Introduces Optimised Surface Capacitive
Source: www.itbaudiovisual.com Date: 03-02-2009 16:46:12 GMT
7” to 12.1” LCD displays. The MicroTouch SCT3250CX system provides superior surface durability and optical transmission for device manufacturers requiring ultra reliable and high brightness touch displays. More
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Circuit City Stores, Inc. to Liquidate
Source: investor.circuitcity.com Date: 01-16-2009 05:00:00 GMT
RICHMOND, Va., Jan 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ –– Circuit City Stores, Inc. announced today that it will seek Bankruptcy Court approval to begin the process to liquidate the assets of the company. "We are extremely disappointed by this outcome. More
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Circuit City seeks jolt as embattled CEO departs (AP)
Source: us.rd.yahoo.com Date: 09-23-2008 21:42:02 GMT
Circuit City seeks jolt as embattled CEO departs. - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) –– A change at the top may not be enough to jump-start Circuit City Stores Inc., after the head of the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics retailer abruptly resigned amid plummeting stock prices and calls for his ouster. More
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Sears' 2Q Profit Drops 62%
Source: www.appliancemagazine.com Date: 08-29-2008 07:00:00 GMT
Retailer Sears said 2Q profit fell 62%. Yet it said that it expects that its sales and gross profit margins will continue to be pressured as it sees no near-term improvement in the economy. The retailer earned US$65 million, or $0.50 per share, in the three-month period ended Aug. 2. That compares More
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Time Traveling in the Akihabara
Source: EDN Date: 07-18-2008 04:18:51 GMT
Leibson's Law: It takes 10 years for any disruptive technology to become pervasive in the design community. This blog is about the disruptive technologies that either have or will win over electronic engineers, some that won't, and why. Written by Steve Leibson, Tensilica's Technology Evangelist. More
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Japan to legislate against power-hungry plasma and LCD TVs
Source: avzombie.com Date: 02-27-2008 08:38:56 GMT
Pop culture and technology for geeks. The place for comic book, TV, technology and home entertainment news. More
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BJ'S Wholesale Club Reports January Sales Results - Zibb.com
Source: Comtex Date: 02-04-2010 08:00:17 GMT
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) today reported that total sales for the month of January 2010 increased by 13.0% to $742.6 million from $656.9 million in January 2009. On a comparable club basis, January sales increased by 8.4%, including a contribution from sales of gasoline of approximately More
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