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Retail sales up 3.2% in February 2006

Sales at stores open at least a year climbed 3.2% in February 2006, the International Council of Shopping Centers said. The gain was 5.1% in January 2006. Apparel stores had a 1.3% decline after a 5.2% jump in January 2006.

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Blog posts 2006-03-03

Retail sales up 2.3% in January 2006

Retail sales jumped 2.3% in January 2006 compared to December 2005 after adjusting for seasonal variations, the Commerce Department reported. It was the fastest monthly growth since May 2004, when sales also jumped 2.3%.

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Blog posts 2006-02-14

Games hardware and software sales up 21% in the first half of 2005

Retail sales of US video games hardware, software and accessories rose 21% in the first half of 2005, as the popularity of handheld devices offset a decline in aging game consoles, NPD Group reported. Portable game hardware sales rose 181% over the first half of 2004. Sales of console hardware...

Tags: sales, Retail sale, hardware, game

Blog posts 2005-07-28

Retail sales up 0.5% in February 2005

Retail sales, bolstered by a rebound in demand for autos, rose 0.5% in February 2005, according to the US Commerce Department.

Tags: February 2005, Retail sale

Blog posts 2005-03-16

Retail sales up 0.5% in February 2005

Retail sales, bolstered by a rebound in demand for autos, rose 0.5% in February 2005, according to the US Commerce Department.

Tags: February 2005, Retail sale

Blog posts 2005-03-16

Retail sales up 1.2% in December 2004

Retail sales, helped by sizzling activity in auto showrooms, jumped by 1.2% in December, providing a solid finish to a year in which sales climbed at the fastest pace since 1999. The December increase in retail sales pushed total spending for the month to a seasonally adjusted $349.4 bln, the...

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Blog posts 2005-01-13

Retail sales up 1.2% in December 2004

Retail sales, helped by sizzling activity in auto showrooms, jumped by 1.2% in December, providing a solid finish to a year in which sales climbed at the fastest pace since 1999. The December increase in retail sales pushed total spending for the month to a seasonally adjusted $349.4 bln, the...

Tags: Retail sale

Blog posts 2005-01-13

Additional Resources

Apple Store fails the Nordstrom test

Yet another Apple horror storyOnce again, an Apple horror story, trouble straight out of the box (forget "it just works").Most of the Apple afficionados I know have such horror stories. There's a massive one right now with the new iMacs. On the other hand, I know very little such stories...

Tags: Desktops, UNIX, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Nordstrom Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Apple Black Friday prices fizzle

If you were hoping for massive price cuts from Apple during today's Black Friday retail marathon, you may be dissappointed. Apple's Black Friday sales began yesterday in Australia and New Zealand as clocks flipped past midnight at various time zones across the globe....

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-27

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

4POS POS Retail 496.0 (Windows)

The ideal solution for any small or medium size business that needs to do retail sales. The POS point of sale software provides a database for stock and customers, an intuitive interface for sales staff to work with and powerful reports and transaction tracking. The EPOS software can be coupled...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Bar Code, Microsoft Windows, Bibase Software, POS Point Of Sale Software, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll

Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple's Black Friday discounts leaked

A deal even NZ could like!But then I think he already has bought a MacBook Pro.Maybe time for the i7 iMac. :)"Leaks," are a marketing game. With the limited dollar the consumer has this season they're going to have to prioritize their purchases. Some things are simply going to...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Black Friday, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!

RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...

Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Store, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.2 (Windows)

A complete retail management system that encompasses all aspects of the retail: taking orders, billing, purchasing, inventory, and labour management. Reports show a complete picture of retail operations: sales by given period, hours of high load, Z-Out, on hand inventory, the most active employees, payment methods, and automatic tax calculations....

Tags: Point-of-sale, Payment, Inventory, Microsoft Windows, Abacre, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Niacin best for raising good cholesterol

i'm a pharmacist...and this article is a rubishDO NOT trust this type of cheap propagandaI'm also a pharmacist...agree!The "study" consisted of only 300 or so "patients"...not large enough to be statistically significant. Not only that, it was funded by a competitor to Zetia/Vytorin!Now, I'm not saying niacin...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, cholesterol, Health Care professional, CEC, Costco, pharmacist, Dana, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Is Windows 7 a Mac OS X wannabe? That explains why I like it

no, it looks like kde but doesn't have it's functionalityjust put kde 3.5. with transparent taskbar and crystal theme and you got what win7 looks like.and kde 3.5. was way older than vista and 7.So it IS about pride after all?To Apple fans it is always important who copied who....

Tags: Operating systems, TRANSPARENCY, Apple Mac OS, task bar, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-11-12