| 02/12/08 | George Michael - Slow Ticket Sales Hamper Michaels Final Gig (Contactmusic Ltd) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:46:32
GEORGE MICHAEL's final concert in the United Arab Emirates was hit by slow ticket sales, with organisers reportedly giving away many of the seats for free. The pop star ... Source : Contactmusic Ltd (subscribe) Explore : Entertainment, United Arab Emirates |
| 02/12/08 | Tesco reports weakest sales growth in 15 years (The Telegraph) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:38:45
Tesco Britain's biggest supermarket company reported its weakest UK sales growth in about 15 years. Source : The Telegraph (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Tesco discount drive fails to lift UK sales (Times Online) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:34:11
Tesco today reported a 2 per cent rise in like-for-like UK sales over the past three months, as new figures reveal that record numbers of shoppers are abandoning Britain's biggest supermarket in favour of its rivals. Source : Times Online (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Toyota to cut bonuses and output as sales slump (Reuters) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:31:17
... how much it would save.Global automakers are reeling from the worst downturn in decades as sales slump in the United States and Europe and even in developing markets such as China, which carmakers had hoped would fuel near-term growth.The financial crisis has hit the U.S. Big Three -- General Motors Corp (GM.N: , , , ), Ford Motor Co (F.N: , , , ) and Chrysler LLC -- hardest, forcing... Source : Reuters (subscribe) Explore : Automotive, Business, Daimler AG, Japan, Tokyo |
| 02/12/08 | Tesco says quarterly sales up 2 percent (Reuters UK) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:25:40
LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco, the nation's biggest retailer, posted a 2.0 percent rise in underlying third-quarter UK sales and said new "Discounter" products had drawn an extra 300,000 customers a week to its UK stores. Source : Reuters UK (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Game Group sees sales growth slow (Reuters UK) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:25:31
LONDON (Reuters) - Game Group , the video games retailer, has continued to buck high street gloom with a rise in underlying sales but its rate of sales growth has slowed. Source : Reuters UK (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Tesco U.K. comparable sales climb 2.0% excluding fuel (Market Watch) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:22:51
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Supermarket group Tesco said Tuesday that total sales for the 13 weeks to Nov. 22 rose 11.7%. U.K. total sales grew by 5.9% while comparable sales advanced 3.2% including fuel and 2.0% excluding fuel. Analysts were expecting U.K. sales growth of 1.9%. The firm said that, despite stronger economic headwinds in major markets, its core U.K. Source : Market Watch (subscribe) Explore : Markets |
| 02/12/08 | Asus offers Celeron-powered Eee Box to boost nettop sales (TechConnect Magazine) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:18:40
... model down by almost $60, making it more attractive and much more likely to boost overall nettop sales. In August Asus said it expected the Eee Box to sell between 100,000 and 200,000 units by the end of 2008. Source : TechConnect Magazine (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Sales growth slows down at Tesco (BBC News) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:14:13
Growth in sales, excluding new stores and petrol sales, slows down to 2% in the three months to 22 November. Source : BBC News (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Uniqlo's Nov. Same-Store Sales Jump 32.2% (Women's Wear Daily) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 08:00:00
TOKYO?Japan?s Fast Retailing Ltd. said Tuesday that Uniqlo?s same?store sales in November spiked 32.2 percent as cold weather induced more customers to buy down jackets, fleece items and other heavy garments.Uniqlo is one of the few fashion companies seeing growth in Japan, a country that just officially entered a recession after a protracted economic slump.The sales data is only... Source : Women's Wear Daily (subscribe) Explore : Fashion, Singapore |
| 02/12/08 | U.S. retailers got a brief lift on Black Friday - International Herald Tribune (iPhone Headlines News) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:56:22
New figures released Monday confirmed that Americans who had been sitting on their wallets for months pulled them out for Black Friday, giving U.S. retailers a much-needed spike in sales. But analysts warned that a day or so of power shopping might ... Source : iPhone Headlines News (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Cities try to cope with shortfalls in sales taxes, blight left by shut stores (Arizona Republic) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:56:16
As big-box retailers like Circuit City and Mervyn's shut down stores amid a troubled economy, Arizona cities are preparing for the aftermath: falling sales-tax revenues and an onslaught of vacant storefronts. Source : Arizona Republic (subscribe) Explore : Arizona, Business, Circuit City, Sales tax, Taxes |
| 02/12/08 | Ford weighs Volvo sale (Jamaica Gleaner :: Business) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:54:04
Ford Motor Company is considering selling Volvo Car Corp as the beleaguered United States automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive sales crisis. Goteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which Ford bought in 1999,... Source : Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (subscribe) Explore : Automotive, Business, Chrysler, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company |
| 02/12/08 | Hynix says China JV stake sale to Numonyx delayed (Reuters UK) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:53:06
SEOUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hynix Semiconductor Inc said on Tuesday it would delay the planned sale of a stake in its Chinese joint venture to partner Numonyx by one year. Source : Reuters UK (subscribe) Explore : Business, China |
| 02/12/08 | Uniqlo Nov Same-Store Sales Rise Record 32.2% (Nikkei) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:44:22
Uniqlo Nov Same-Store Sales Rise Record 32.2%TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Fast Retailing Co. (9983) said Tuesday that same-store sales at its Uniqlo casual clothing store chain in November shot up 32.2% on year, registering a record high for monthly sales on the back of strong demand for winter clothing. Source : Nikkei (subscribe) Explore : International Markets |
| 02/12/08 | FAW Mazda to build new plant to raise capacity (Gasgoo.com) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:38:50
Shanghai, December 2 (Gasgoo.com) FAW Mazda is preparing for building a new plant, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2010 and will boost the carmaker’s production capacity to 120,000 units, Beijing Morning Post said, citing Yu Hongjiang, general manager of FAW Mazda Sales Co. Source : Gasgoo.com (subscribe) Explore : Beijing, China, Shanghai |
| 02/12/08 | Microsoft claims Black Friday victory over Sony (iTWire - Latest Headlines) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:35:40
Microsoft has claimed a three-to-one Black Friday weekend victory for Xbox 360 over PlayStation 3. If the figures prove to be correct, Sony's expensive console could be in for a walloping at the sales counter this Christmas.Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving - is considered a bellwether for US retail sales over the holiday period.Without mentioning any numbers,... Source : iTWire - Latest Headlines (subscribe) Explore : PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video Games |
| 02/12/08 | Tech toys dominate in early holiday shopping (The Earth Times Online Newspaper) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:34:37
San Francisco - With the US in a severe economic recession the relative value offered by high tech toys is proving popular with US holiday shoppers, according to data released Monday. Preliminary estimates for retail sales on the day after Thanksgivi... Source : The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe) Explore : Business |
| 02/12/08 | Black Friday surge faded (Denver Post) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:33:13
... smaller than last year and shoppers were focused on bargains and smaller-ticket items. Nationwide sales rose 3 percent to $10.6 billion on Friday but slipped 0.8 percent to $6 billion on Saturday, said ShopperTrak RCT, a research firm that tracks total retail sales at more than 50,000 outlets. Total retail sales for Friday and Saturday combined rose 1.9 percent from a... Source : Denver Post (subscribe) Explore : Business |
| 02/12/08 | Samsung?s M310W digicam with 13.6 megapixel resolution (Krunker) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:29:58
Samsung?s new M310W digital camera is currently being showcased at the Taiwan IT Month fair and will go sale in Taiwan for an estimated price of NT$9390 ($282 U.S. dollars). The M310W features a whopping 13.6 megapixel 1/1.72-inch CCD image sensor, a 3.6x optical zoom, a 5x digital zoom, and a 2.7 inch TFT [...] Technorati Tags: Samsung M310W digital camera Source : Krunker (subscribe) Explore : Darwin, Samsung, Taiwan, Technology Blogs |