retail sales

Hewlett-Packard’s PC Market Share Grows, Raising Questions About Those Spinoff Plans

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 13, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The latest market data shows that HP’s personal computer business improved relative to most competitors during the last quarter. What then, happens to those spinoff plans?

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Luring Shoppers to Stores

Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

It’s Steven Spielberg’s futuristic “Minority Report” come to life. Marketing companies are experimenting with a new wave of digital technologies to pitch to consumers while they shop: interactive dressing-room mirrors, kiosks with virtual customer-service representatives, and shopping carts and digital scanners that offer personalized discounts.

The Netflix and Warner Bros. Pact: Subscribers Wait for New Movies, Get More on the Web

Peter Kafka in Media on January 6, 2010 at 3:29 pm PT

Here’s a marriage of convenience: A pact between Netflix and Warner Bros. that gives both sides some of what they want, at least for now. The rental service agrees not to offer the studio’s movies for the first 28 days after they go on sale. In return, it gets more movies to offer via its growing Web streaming service.

Great Move, EC. Now We Have to Download IE Ourselves…

John Paczkowski in News on June 12, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

What a brilliant move. The European Commission claims Microsoft’s practice of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows violates European competition laws, so the company strips IE out of European versions of Windows 7. Now the Commission can’t argue that Microsoft’s behavior distorts fair competition in the browser market because, well, there’s no browser.

Rock Band: I Am a Golden God!

John Paczkowski in News on March 27, 2009 at 9:36 am PT

Quite a franchise, that Rock Band. According to new stats from the NPD Group, the music videogame has surpassed $1 billion in North American retail sales, making it the No. 1 title of 2008 by revenue across all game genres. Not bad for a product that’s been around just 15 months.

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A Silver Lining in E-Commerce

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 2, 2009 at 3:26 pm PT

The recession is taking a serious toll on American retail, but e-commerce could emerge as a winner. According to a new report by Forrester Research, e-commerce sales (beyond travel) are likely to grow 11 percent to $156 billion in 2009. That marks a slowdown from 13 percent growth last year and 18 percent in 2007. The major factor contributing to the pace shift is, of course, declining consumer confidence.

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Amazon, eBay Skid on Worries Over Retail Sales

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on January 14, 2009 at 11:13 am PT

The broad market is getting clobbered this morning in part by the extremely weak Commerce Department report on December retail sales–and investors are demonstrating particular zeal for dumping both Amazon.com and eBay.

Online Spending Two Sizes Too Small?

John Paczkowski in News on December 15, 2008 at 9:19 am PT

With the econalypse still playing havoc with global finances, holiday shoppers are behaving pretty much as you’d imagine. They’re spending less–presumably, saving up for that awful rainy day when discretionary income is better spent holding onto their homes than on another Wii game under the Christmas tree.