6 posts and columns on shopping season

Another Holiday Blowout for Apple?

in Mobile on December 28, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

“We’re thrilled to report our best quarter ever.” Apple CEO Steve Jobs has uttered those words or some variation of them after many of the company’s holiday quarters. This year will be no different if analysts are to be believed.
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And by “Holidays,” We Mean Christmas, Chinese New Year or Easter

in News on May 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

Microsoft has finally given Windows 7 a release date. According to Bill Veghte, senior vice president for Windows, the next iteration of the company’s operating system will arrive at market in time for the holiday shopping season.
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And by “Holidays,” We Mean Christmas, Chinese New Year or Easter

in News on May 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

Microsoft has finally given Windows 7 a release date. According to Bill Veghte, senior vice president for Windows, the next iteration of the company’s operating system will arrive at market in time for the holiday shopping season.
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Amazon: What Recession?

in News on January 29, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT

New from Nintendo: Super Mario Recession for Wii

in News on January 29, 2009 at 7:22 am PT

So the seemingly unfailing demand for Nintendo’s Wii? Failing. Though Wii manufacturer Nintendo posted a 21 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on brisk demand for the videogame console, it slashed its forecast for full-year sales of the device.

Circuit City Reschedules Black Friday for This Wednesday

in News on November 3, 2008 at 10:26 am PT

Black Friday, the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, will kick off far earlier than usual this year, thanks to Circuit City. In the aftermath of a particularly nasty second-quarter loss and a 95 percent decline in share price, the long-suffering electronics retailer said today it is shuttering 155 of its stores across 12 U.S. markets and sacking 17 percent of its domestic workforce.