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Spying on the Virgin Megastore liquidation sale

The Virgin Megastore is following Circuit City into the abyss, as the chain's U.S. retail stores are in the process of closing down. Similar to Circuit City's infamous liquidation sales, Virgin is currently offering its wares at "up to 30 percent off," according to the copious signage spotting outside the...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Virgin Megastore, Retail, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-05-05

Music-Store Chain Boosts Employee Productivity With Desktop Upgrade

Virgin Megastore has 11 retail music stores across the United States, and the 1,400 employees in those stores exchange information daily with staff in the company's Los Angeles headquarters. The company decided to make information creation and sharing easier and more effective by installing Microsoft Office Professional 2007 to take...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Virgin Megastore, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2007-12-18

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Virgin Mobile

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Tags: Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Virgin Mobile, CDMA, monthly plan

Product reviews 2008-03-22

Please no "yapping away" on Skype in the air

The Associated Press takes a look at the prospects for airline passengers to use Skype once in-flight Internet access becomes less of a novelty and more of an expectation. That transition, incidentally, is expected to significantly progress in this next year. AP reporter Anick...

Tags: Associated Press, Skype Technologies S.A., Internet, Business Structures, Finance, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-24

Sony MEX-DV2000

The Sony MEX-DV2000 is a single-DIN car stereo with three features that differentiate it from the competition: the ability to play discs in Sony's proprietary Super Audio CD SACD format; a karaoke function designed to allow car occupants to sing along to the music; and the ability to act as...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Sony Corp., SACD, Sony MEX-DV2000, disc

Product reviews 2007-08-27

A precipitous drop in CD sales

According to an article in the March 21st edition of the Wall Street Journal, sales of compact discs for the first three months of 2007 have experienced a precipitous drop of 20% versus the same period only a year ago. Need I state the obvious, but that drop has NOT...

Tags: music, CD, sales

Blog posts 2007-03-28

Robert Fort, CIO Virgin Entertainment Group

Dan Farber:Robert thanks for joining me.Robert Fort: Well, thanks for having me.Dan Farber:Virgin is a very large and diverse company based in the U.K., and you’re CIO for Virgin Entertainment Group. What precisely is in that group?Robert Fort:Virgin Entertainment Group is predominantly the Virgin Megastores here in the United States.Dan...

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Blog posts 2006-10-10

Robert Fort, CIO Virgin Entertainment Group

Dan Farber: Robert thanks for joining me. Robert Fort: Well, thanks for having me. Dan Farber: Virgin is a very large and diverse company based in the U.K., and you’re CIO for Virgin Entertainment Group. What precisely is in that...

Tags: Innovation, Virgin Entertainment, Risk, CD, Product, Customer, Kiosk, Sales, Store, Technology, Internet, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2006-10-10

Microsoft set to challenge the iPod

Microsoft set to challenge the iPodMusic players, again?Don't these big corporations realize that there are some people that don't play music 24/7? When are they going to put out some book readers? And I don't mean scrolling text. I'd like to see some portable iPod-type devices that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-07-06