Microsoft opens own store in US
Friday, November 14th, 2008While other players are closing and selling their stores, Microsoft opened its first online store in the U.S., selling all of its products at a one-stop-shop. Customers will be able to buy and download products via Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) and can also get direct shipments. With the launch, U.S. customers can buy first-party software [...]
Study: mobile phone is a revenue channel for e-commerce
Monday, June 9th, 2008Mobile devices represent a major growth opportunity for the retail industry by providing a new purchasing channel for consumers, a Cisco study reveals. The company’s third annual e-commerce study indicates that mobile devices are quickly joining physical stores, websites and catalogs as an important retail channel. The rise of social networking and advanced mobile technologies [...]
Amazon: $2 million loses
Monday, June 9th, 2008The outage experienced by the world’s most popular online retailer has highlighted the drastic impact some server downtime can have on business, with the company potentially losing upwards of US$1.8 million during over 2 hours. The site went down around 1:30 in the afternoon EDT on Friday.
Social networking: you can’t ignore the traffic
Sunday, May 4th, 2008With the increased consumer traffic that social networks are generating on the Internet, retailers must have a position on social networks, according to Gartner. Although social networks have tended to center on younger demographic groups, they are expanding into wider groups that matter to a broader base of retailers such as career-based social networks, shopping-based [...]
IKEAmay re-direct investments from Poland to Bulgaria or Romania
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Swedish furniture retailer IKEA threatened to freeze the bulk of its investments in Poland and redirect them to Bulgaria or Romania, Polish business daily Puls Biznesu reported.
Carrefour Romania: supermarkets have great potential
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Jacobo Caller Celestino, general manager of Carrefour Romania, believes the supermarket sector has a higher potential than the discount segment, and does not plan to launch any stores on the latter segment on medium term.
