electronics salespeople

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

More electronics salespeople recommend Samsung, not Sony LCD HDTVs

Why Samsung?Inquiring minds want to know.Is it just because Sammy makes Sony's panels?RE: Why Samsung?Good question. MAYBE - Samsung reaches out to them more? Just speculating, but when I did retail computer sales (15+ years ago) we had vendors reps that were in the store all the time. They did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sales force management, Salesmen, Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., electronics salespeople, Sony LCD, Sony LCD HDTV, HDTV, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Additional Resources

More electronics salespeople recommend Samsung, not Sony LCD HDTVs

If you're wondering why Sony is losing share in the HDTV market—that is, aside from its high prices—here's one possibility. According to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates, salespeople at electronics retailers are increasingly recommending Samsung sets, while they're less likely to recommend Sonys. In fact, Samsung LCDs...

Tags: Sony Corp., Plasma, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Electronics, LCD, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 years

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 yearsIs this accounting jugglery ?With Amazing products like1>Sony Ericsson mobiles2>Sonay PS33>BlueRay4>CyberShot digital cameras5>NoteBooksand several others.I guess something is fishy in Sony's balance sheet, Sony wants some reason to layoff several thousand employees and fill with young talent.They hurt themselvesIf you read...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, DVD, Sony Corp., annual loss

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Closing time: Circuit City will liquidate

Closing time: Circuit City will liquidateClosing time: Circuit City will liquidateCheap stuff! Oh boy!!! HDTV here I come.This is a bitter lesson for the corporate AmericaPutting Obama in charge of the economy led to this dire situation after many years of growth.The salvation can only come in 2012...

Tags: Macy, Circuit City Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husband

Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husbandTypical womanWhine and pout because someone was mean to her.Sexism? No evidence to support that.The person complaining goes on ... at length ... that she was ignored, but her husband was not. However, there's no information...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Sales strategy, sexism, husband, Apple Store, Apple Inc., jerk

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

CompUSA vs. BestBuy

CompUSA vs. BestBuyWell I do not ever remember seeing...Major Appliances(Washers/Dryers/Stoves...)in CompUSA, The stores have some common items, Best Buy does not sell motherboards @ least not in my local one. I think the big issue was CompUSA was billed as a Computer Super Store as oppose to Best Buy which...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Comp USA, computer, Best Buy Co. Inc., CompUSA Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Resistance is futile...I want to buy a Mac

Since I first started writing this blog, I've had very few nice things to say about Macs in education. I've never been the typical Windows or Linux fanboy, merely claiming that Apples suck. On the contrary, I've owned 2 Macs (an 8100 that I got instead of a...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Resistance, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-16

JB Hi-Fi Turns Up the Volume on Sales With Innovative Mobility Solution

Consumer electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi needed to overhaul the outdated and manual sales process used in stores. Inefficient methods were costing the company time, money and possibly customers. In response, JB Hi-Fi gave its in-store sales staff wireless handheld devices running Windows Mobile and a customized application built using the...

Tags: Mobility, Microsoft Corp., Sales Process, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Hardware

Case studies 2007-12-01

IMHO: many if not most retail salespeople are clueless about VoIP

I regularly visit lots of consumer electronics retailers, computer-centric and office supply monoliths. Toy stores for adults of course me being an adult is debatable Although I am already set up with many VoIP accounts and gear, I like to walk up to the salespeople in the...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Circuit City, I'll never shop you again

Circuit City, I'll never shop you againI stopped shopping there a long time agoI hate to break it to you, but Circuit City employees have never had that much on the ball. Whenever a Circuit City opens, the nearby Taco Bells and Athletic Shoe Factory puts up Help Wanted signs....

Tags: Sales strategy, Circuit City Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

Are VCs not sensitive enough to VoIP app marketing needs?

Interesting thought piece from fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson about what he sees as a lack of sensitivity on the part of venture capitalists toward the specific resources needed to market of products and services they are evaluating for possible investments in.That concept seems to be especially sticking in Andys...

Tags: Case Studies, General, great idea, marketing, Russell Shaw, trends, VoIP

Blog posts 2007-02-05

Where VoIP is going: what do you want to know?

Today I am in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., having flown across the country from my Oregon home to moderate a panel at VoIP 2.0, the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo.Although the Expo part doesn't begin 'til this evening, the Conference is in full swing. This morning, I'll proudly be wearing my...

Tags: VoIP

Blog posts 2006-01-25

Top sources when buying electronics: in-store salespeople, demos, family and friends

The top five most influential information sources for consumers buying electronics were: in-store salespeople (49%), in-store-demonstrations (36%), family and friends (33%), newspapers (25%) and the Internet (21%), Yahoo! and ConsumerEdge say. Magazines, TV and radio were at the bottom of the list with less than 5% each.

Tags: electronics

Blog posts 2005-10-20

Return of the $100 PC

Return of the $100 PCAnd for they're raw powerthe harddrive is probably the only worthwhile part of the package, when you don't have other strings attached. Nothing is the price point that it's advertised at, between taxes, shipping, warranty upgrades, and the rebate that's attached to subscribing to some...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, hard drive, Nothing, Best Buy Co. Inc., Sams Club, PC, America Online Inc., computer

Discussion threads 2005-10-10

Intel chimes in on ZDNet slam of Centrino brand

Intel chimes in on ZDNet slam of Centrino brandMy $0.02After my experience with my current laptop (Dell Inspiron 5150, P4HT, generic Dell miniPCI wnic), I'll go to great lengths to make sure the built-in wireless adapter on my next laptop is NOT based on any Broadcom chipset. It was...

Tags: Branding, Processors, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, think tank, Microsoft Windows NT, Centrino branding, brand, Intel Centrino, laptop computer, Intel Corp., marketing

Discussion threads 2005-07-08

Circuit City cautious on outlook

Circuit City cautious on outlookCircuit City needs to do three thingsLower the prices to meet BestBuy Put some excitement in the look of their stores.Add salespeopleOn prices: everytime I have gone to CC they have been at least 3 to 5% higher on price on comparable items found in BestbuyOn...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-12-17

Leading Manufacturer Uses CRM Solution to Efficiently Manage Global Sales Network

Philips Enabling Technologies Group, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, provides high-end manufacturing technology, product and production engineering, and supply-chain management to companies in the capital-equipment industry. However, the company's spreadsheet-based processes for managing sales and tracking salespeople, customers, and customer quotes was cumbersome and didn't provide the information necessary...

Tags: CRM Solution, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Philips Electronics N.V., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Sales, Software

Case studies