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Illinois enacts Web sales tax; online retailers threaten to leave
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn stepped into the Internet tax fray this week, signing into law a bill designed to collect a sales tax for certain online purchases, a move that Amazon.com Inc. said it would blunt by severing ties ...
Mar 12, 2011 |
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Retail sales of video games dip in January
(AP) -- An industry group says U.S. retail sales of video game consoles and software dropped 4 percent in January from a year earlier.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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PC maker Lenovo says profit up 25 percent
(AP) -- Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo said Thursday its quarterly profit rose 25 percent on double-digit sales growth in developing markets.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Tobacco sales to Indiana minors in annual inspection hit all-time low
Tobacco product sales to teens assisting with the annual Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program (TRIP) in Indiana hit a new all-time low last year, with sales occuring during 3.8 percent of more than 8,400 inspections.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Mobile sales up 32 percent last year: Gartner
Worldwide mobile sales increased 32 percent last year and smartphone shipments surpassed those of personal computers for the first time in the fourth quarter, according to tracking firms.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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EBay's Instant Sale to pay $200 for certain phones
(AP) -- EBay's electronics buyback service will purchase several smart phone models for a guaranteed $200 over the next two weeks. The move comes as Verizon Wireless prepares to start selling Apple's iPhone online on Wednesday ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Retailers shower shoppers with made-to-order ad campaigns
For the members-only flash sale site Gilt Groupe, every single e-mail it sends out to its more than 3 million subscribers can have tens of thousands of permutations.
Jan 30, 2011 |
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Asia-Pacific computer sales rise 19% in 2010: IDC
Sales of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific area outside Japan rose 19 percent in 2010, in another sign of the region's robust economic growth, technology industry analyst IDC said Thursday.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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China e-commerce sales up 22% in 2010: report
Online sales in China, the world's largest web market, rose 22 percent in 2010 as price-sensitive consumers turned to the Internet for cheaper products amid rising inflation, an industry report said.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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US sales of video game content flat in 2010
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of new video games dropped in 2010, but revenue from mobile game "apps" and other new formats helped keep the total amount spent on video game content unchanged from a year ago, according to market ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Myspace slashing 500 jobs, nearly half its staff
Myspace announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 500 jobs, nearly half its staff, in a move seen as potentially setting the stage for a sale of the social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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US online sales surge 13 percent for holiday period
Americans clicked up a record 30.8 billion dollars in online holiday sales in 2010, a jump of 13 percent from a year ago, a survey showed.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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New Kindle becomes Amazon's all-time best seller
Online retailer Amazon on Monday said its latest Kindle had become the company's best-selling product ever.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Activision targets EA in $400 million lawsuit
(AP) -- Activision Blizzard Inc., the video game maker behind the smash-hit shooter "Call of Duty: Black Ops," on Tuesday added a new target in its lawsuit against two former executives: rival Electronic Arts Inc. Activision ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Research shows Wal-Mart could beat Best Buy in electronics sales
(PhysOrg.com) -- Initial results of new research from Rice University indicate that, among physical retailers, Wal-Mart will be the top seller of electronics this holiday season, besting consumer-electronics giant Best Buy. ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2010 |
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