Retail

Looking past the horrors of Sept. 11, which brushed the industry in a personal way, extended service plan executives say they will be able...

We all have seminal moments. Moments of such significance that they are so permanently etched in our minds that, when they are recalled, we...

Ritz Camera Centers’ $84.7 million bid for bankrupt photo chain Wolf Camera may not be in the bag. A U.S. bankruptcy court has received...

Target said it will begin selling consumer electronics and other product categories through Amazon.com later this fall. Thousands of items including CE, apparel, jewelry...

CompUSA has opened its second and third Cozone stores in Arlington and Reston, Va. The openings follow the debut of the small format concept...

Do you remember the days when all a store owner had to know about retailing was how to buy inventory, sell the product, record...

Retail Dealers of America (RDA), the former Key Southwest chapter that broke away from Brand Source/AVB in April, held its first national convention here...

John Riddle, a two-decade veteran of Maytag, who joined Philips Consumer Electronics in April as its retail sales VP, is no stranger to the...

Office Depot has opened the first two of 11 planned prototype stores that may represent the office supply chain’s format of the future. According...

M. Rothman & Co., the Northeastern CE distributor, reached a major corporate milestone this year: it’s 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, the family-run...

The theme was one of sophisticated software systems and solutions, but the focus was decidedly more basic at last month’s GERS Retail Systems’ Retail...

One of the best services a column like this can provide for consumer electronics retailers is to point out new trends — especially if...

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) continues to grow its membership, global presence, program development and industry contributions. Over the years, membership...

Wal-Mart is crediting the first wave of tax rebate checks for an uptick in sales of consumer electronics and air conditioners at its stores....

Now that e-commerce has established a beachhead in CE retailing — bloody though it may be — pure-play and click-and-mortar merchants are using the...

It is no longer just the place your mother-in-law goes to auction off her prized Beanie Babies. With more than 34 million registered users,...

The TWICE Top 5: Best-Selling Products At Retail Based on June 2001 unit sales

Two new tomes have been penned to help independent dealers compete in an over-stored marketplace. From Eddy Kay comes “Thriving in the Shadow of...

In the wake of a weak market for dot-com investment capital, Wal-Mart and Kmart are biting the bullet and buying back their e-commerce businesses....

As part of its new emphasis on customer relations, Circuit City is providing an online survey to gather feedback from customers regarding their in-store...

Too many talented garage-rock musicians are languishing in obscurity, unable to catapult their blaring anthems to an audience wider than friends, family and patient...

Retailers are guarded in their fourth-quarter outlook as they lay in plans now for the next holiday selling season. Given the continuing economic slump,...

What a difference a couple of years can make. It wasn’t too long ago that Warrantech Corp., the extended service contract provider, found itself...

When the going gets tough, as it certainly has in the current economic climate, the tough get going. And when the tough get going,...

Like a modern day David to Bentonville’s Goliath, Frank Wildhaber, owner of 27-year-old L & W Appliance here, decided to open his newest store...

Life could be so much sweeter and simpler for consumer electronics and appliance retailers if suppliers would offer merchandise at one price, or at...

During CEA’s CEO Summit keynote, Best Buy’s Brad Anderson also addressed the age-old question of sales training and how important it is in keeping...

Best Buy’s Brad Anderson fielded questions from his audience of both manufacturers and retailers on key industry issues, and key issues facing Best Buy,...

The Top Three CE specialty chains laid much of the blame for tepid May and first quarter revenue on sluggish sales of personal computers,...

From the yellow tiled floor up to the “lifestyle” promotional signs hanging from the ceiling, one of the ballrooms of a local Hyatt was...

LOS ANGELES — To borrow from Mark Twain, reports of the death of e-commerce have been greatly exaggerated. According to a recent report by...

AUSTIN, TEX. — RadioShack opened its first in-store shop at a Blockbuster video rental store here last week in the first phase of a...

SALT LAKE CITY — Overstock.com, the online liquidator that sells deeply discounted brand name CE, computers and other consumer products direct, has added a...

LYNDHURST, N.J. — Harvey Electronics said fiscal second-quarter sales rose 6.6 percent to $9.1 million from the year-ago period, while sales for the six...

NEW YORK — The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index sprung up since its decline in April, indicating that consumers are gaining optimism about the...

DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Office Depot acquired in late May small office e-tailer officesupplies.com, its first e-commerce purchase, for an undisclosed amount. Officesupplies.com’s site...

SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Ingram Micro recently announced several service enhancements for its U.S. IM-Logistics division, including its first dedicated reverse logistics center in...

Let’s begin this column with a pop quiz. Please have a No. 2 pencil available. Question 1: Can you name the ingredients in a...

BOSTON — Amid the dust that’s now beginning to settle from the e-commerce shakeout, RetailExchange.com is one of the few b-to-b closeout sites for...

WEST CHESTER, PA. — Electronics Boutique (EB), the international software and video game hardware chain, will open its first European stores as part of...

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Customers of American Appliance, the bankrupt regional majap chain, will receive merchandise that was paid for prior to the dealer’s surprise...