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Wal-mart preempts Black Friday with HDTV specials this Saturday

Every year, retailers' ads for Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving and the unofficial starting of the holiday shopping season—manage to leak out a few weeks beforehand this year being no exception. And every year, said retailers freak out when the ads appear online, perhaps fearing that competitors could...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Retail Company, HDTV, 1080p, Retail, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Check Off 4.0.3 (Mac)

Check Off is just a mouse click away no matter where you are on your Mac. Whether you are making a grocery list, tracking your school assignments by class or just jotting down what you need to do for the day, Check Off can adapt to your workflow. Check...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Item, Second Gear, Food & Beverage, Mice, Desktops, Process Improvement, Retail, Manufacturing, Hardware, Peripherals, Quality, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Gallery: A visit to Microsoft's first store

The first Windows retail store is an impressive effort. Sure, they stole freely from Apple, but why not? Few civilians will notice or care about the similarities - unless the stores are in close proximity. by Robin Harris

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Apple, store, retail, Robin Harris, news

Image galleries 2009-11-02

Corrispettivi Grande Distribuzione 1.0.2 (Mac)

Permits electronic communication of daily cash by Italian retailers. Questa applicazione consente la creazione dei files per la trasmissione telematica dei corrispettivi giornalieri da parte delle imprese della Grande Distribuzione (art.1, comma 429, della legge 30 dicembre 2004, n. 311), secondo le specifiche tecniche di cui al Provvedimento Agenzia delle...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronic Communication, Comma, VinBoiSoft, Online Communications, Retail

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Microsoft starts selling PC hardware, third-party software via its online store

The first brick-and-mortar Microsoft retail store is opening in Scottsdale, Ariz., today, October 22. But Microsoft has opened its revamped virtual store today, as well, and has added PC hardware and third-party software titles to its mix. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Software, PC, Online Store, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Tools & Techniques, Retail, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-22

NolaPro Free Accounting 4.0.4957 (Windows)

NolaPro is a premium, completely free web-based suite. It includes AP, AR, Payroll, Order Tracking, Inventory Control, POS, B2B, and an Ecom Shopping Cart. Many plug-ins and add-ons are available such as a TimeClock, QB converter, development API, and a Hosting Manager revenue module for CPAs, VARs or consultants. Global...

Tags: Revenue, Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Noguska, NolaPro, Operational Accounting, Retail, Channel Management, Financial Services, Finance, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-02

10 questions on customer service and 'delivering happiness': An interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

Online retailer Zappos has grown astronomically since launching 10 years ago. CEO Tony Hsieh talks about superior service, corporate culture, and the science of happiness. This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.

Tags: Customer Service, CEO, Jeff Cerny, Retail, Leadership, E-business/E-Commerce, Product Marketing, Blogging, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Download resources 2009-10-01

Click-to-List Grocery Shopping List 2.01 (Windows)

This software has no frills. It is designed to do the job in the easiest and quickest way possible, and needs minimum computer skills. A list of checklist grocery items are provided, which are arranged by category. The list can be customized to meet your own needs using 'add','edit', and...

Tags: Item, Microsoft Windows, Grocery, List, Freelance Software, Food & Beverage, Retail, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-10-01

BestBuy partners with Google in mobile

Google and BestBuy are working together in plans to entice users to purchase cellphones from their store store rather than from other wireless retailers. Google is developing applications that will be pre-installed on devices purchased at BestBuy. The first mobile application that Google will be...

Tags: Google Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Mobile, Business Structures, Retail, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

Online electronics retailer Newegg is going public, launching an IPO estimated at $175 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The retailer has largely been focused on IT products such as hardware, software and peripherals since its launch in 2001 but recently...

Tags: Information Technology, Retail Company, Newegg.com, Retail, IPO, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Windows 7 OEM pricing emerges ... some serious discounts available

Online retailer Newegg.com has listed various editions of Windows 7 OEM, and there are some deep discounts on offer. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: OEM, Discount, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Retail, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Scientific Conservation adds another high-profile retailer for building systems watchdog app

It always figures that the second I write about some cool new technology and post, the company involved issues some sort of additional news. So, consider this a minor addendum to the item I wrote last week about Scientic Conservation, which sells software an...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. Macs

Ars Technica has unearthed a nice set of Best Buy training slides from Microsoft: Ones aimed at teaching store employees how to pitch Windows 7 PCs vs. Macs. Given how much time, effort and money Microsoft is spending to fight Apple, these docs are a lot more relevant than the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Retail, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Thieves ransack NJ Apple Store in 31 seconds

What's the most you've ever walked out of an Apple retail store with? How about 23 MacBook Pros and 14 iPod touches -- for free. Watch how five masked bandits did just that in this exclusive surveillance video of a recent smash-and-grab at a NJ Apple emporium. by Jason D....

Tags: Retail, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Gute Nacht, Herr Edison

The European Union is phasing out the incandescent bulb. As of today the 100 watter can no longer be imported or made within the members of the E.U. By 2012 all incandescent bulbs will be illegal although those on stores shelves can be sold, and hoarded according to...

Tags: Energy, European Union, Retail, Engineering, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Retailer Boosts Sales 14%, Cuts Inventory Management Costs 35% With RFID Solution

Like virtually all retailers and all businesses, American Apparel wanted to do more with less at its retail locations - specifically, it wanted to boost store sales while reducing the cost of generating those sales. It met that goal with a solution provided by Xterprise, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner,...

Tags: Inventory Management, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, RFID, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

Case studies 2009-09-01

Barres 2.5.0 (Mac)

A simple barcode generation application. It can generate the following type of barcodes: EAN13 (13 digits), UPC (12 digits) and SCC14 (14 digits). UPC and EAN codes are used globally for commerce, and make up an important part of the automated supply chain. If you have a product that you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Barcode, Antilog, UPC, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Retail, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-30

Going From Good to Great

The online environment is dynamic- and the expectation is that retailers will stay up to the minute with the latest and greatest technology- or consumers will go elsewhere. Utilising SEM and SEO, maximising lead generation, increasing conversions, improving customer service and engaging target audiences are some of the techniques organisations...

Tags: Roi/Tco, Retail, Productivity, Web Site Development, Search, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-08-27

Salesforce opens cloud to resellers, expanding AppExchange

Salesforce is taking cloud computing on the road, opening its force.com platform to third-party channel re-sellers - everyone from the local one-man IT shop to the big systems integrators. Today, the company will announce its new Value Added Reseller VAR program as a way of helping...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force, Reseller, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Value-added Reseller, Retail, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Report: Apple’s Fifth Avenue store tops $350M in annual revenue (Updated)

Bloomberg notes that that's the equivalent of selling one Mercedes-Benz C300 sedan per square foot. Jeffrey Roseman of real-estate broker Newmark Knight Frank Retail in New York estimates that Apple’s Fifth Avenue store has about $350 million in annual revenue -- the highest of Apple's 262 retail...

Tags: Revenue, Foot, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-24