October 30, 2008

WorkLight: Online retail to grow strong with Web 2.0, despite economic - TMCnet

WorkLight, the Web 2.0 for Business specialist, says the e-tail industry is growing strong as Web 2.0 and social eCommerce initiatives are adopted to promote customer-focused, cost-effective business in a time of economic uncertainty, based on two Read more

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October 28, 2008

Retail sales fall less than expected - Financial Times

UK retail sales fell by 0.4 per cent between August and September as hard-pressed consumers cut back on purchases of household goods, clothing and footwear, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics. However, economists said Read more

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October 26, 2008

Currys feeling the heat as sales slump - Edinburgh News

CURRYS and PC World owner DSG International today said deteriorating consumer confidence has hit sales at its stores across Europe. The firm said total like-for-like sales in the six months to October 18 fell by seven per cent. Its UK computing arm Read more

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October 23, 2008

Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux? - ZDNet Blogs

CompUSA used to be my favorite brick and mortar place to buy computers. But when they closed half of their stores in 2007 , the company switched gears and moved to an Internet-sales model. The CompUSA stores in Northern New Jersey all were shut down Read more

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October 21, 2008

Online retail growing at fifth of last year’s rate - New Media Age

Growth in consumer spend online slowed in September to 14.8%, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. It reveals that although online shopping continues to grow, it’s at a slower rate than the 73.2% growth for September 2007. This was Read more

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October 18, 2008

Q&A with SearchMe’s Randy Adams, on making cuts and surviving - New York Times

Earlier today, we reported that visual search engine startup SearchMe had laid off 20 percent of its workforce. Lots of startups are laying off workers this week, but SearchMe is led by long-time Valley veteran Randy Adams. He survived the bursting Read more