As performance laptops powered by the Intel i5 family of processors begin to appear in stores in quantity, it is clear that laptop makers not using them, including Apple, are behind the performance curve.
It appears that Blockbuster is about to report a loss of $193 million for 2009, and things don’t look to be improving any time soon.
The e-book price wars continue, but it looks like at least one publisher is showing some tendency toward kissing and making up with Amazon, now that MacMillan paper books are back in inventory.
With Apple’s recent announcement of the much rumored iPad, one would expect that the device would be ready to be sold. The launch timeframe for the device is only a few short months away and according to reports the device has not been legally approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yet.
Retailers are making use of more consumer data and better data tools to learn more about our shopping patterns and habits, ultimately providing themselves with more more targeted and efficient sales.
With the popularity of e-books increasing, the proliferation of the digital piracy of e-books is also growing fast, leaving the publishing industry in a quandary about protecting their interests.
It appears that Walmart is about to commit itself even more fully to the Blu-ray format with a wider roll out of its ‘Blu-ray Experience Area’.
Offering further proof that the world is moving out of recession, consumer spending is increasing. Home electronics manufacturers are sure to have a better 2010 than 2009, with sales of large screen TVs in particular looking set to recover.
Good news for retailers: Even in this down economy, online spending was up this holiday season.
As if the e-reader market wasn’t already crowded enough, it’s looking like Lenovo is going to enter the market also.
The Kindle e-book reader from Amazon is cutting some new notches in its belt on the sales front, both in physical readers and via virtual books, and may be remaking an industry in the process.
The Blu-ray format is slowly overtaking DVDs as the de facto format. However, one criticism the new format has been receiving is in regards to the perceivably high price tag for the players. It seems like these concerns may have been misplaced at first glance.
It seems that Barnes & Noble was able to deliver some of its Nook e-readers at the last minute for Christmas, but the unexpected side order of headaches for the new owners was an unexpected bonus.
Tough economic conditions resulted in lower computer sales in 2009 with netbooks being the only category to buck the trend with an explosion of the miniature notebook computers.
Amazon started out as an online retailer of books in 1995. But while books have remained at the core of its business, it has also diversified into many other areas, now selling CDs, video games, electronic equipment, household appliances, clothes, sporting equipment, and much more besides. So could it be time for this online retailer to go offline and open retail stores?
Video kiosk company Redbox is exploring the possibilities of adding video games to its product mix in the wake of video companies cutting off its supply of the newest releases.
It used to be that online retailers would see a massive surge in sales on the Monday following Thanksgiving in the United States, but that seems to be coming to an end thanks to more broadband access at home.
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