News tagged with seasonal sales
Amazon 4Q results, outlook sends stock lower
Shoppers spent more money online this holiday season than ever before, and yet, Amazon -the world's largest Internet retailer- failed to meet Wall Street's sales expectations with its latest financial results.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales
(AP) -- Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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NPD: US holiday electronics sales drop 5.9 percent
(AP) -- U.S. sales of consumer electronics fell 5.9 percent this past holiday season, as smartphones cannibalize sales of standalone gadgets like cameras, camcorders and GPS navigation devices.
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Nintendo 3DS game system gets momentum in US
Nintendo on Tuesday announced that it sold more than four million of its sophisticated 3DS handheld videogame gadgets in the United States by end of 2011.
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Internet lets US export consumer lifestyle
As gift-buying frenzy mounts in the days before Christmas, US retailers are exporting the country's shopping culture along with once hard-to-get goods to locales around the world.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Skyrim videogame sales rocket skyward
"Skyrim" has become the year's second fastest selling videogame, with more than 3.4 million copies snapped up in the two days after its release, industry tracker VGChartz reported on Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Electronics set to power US holiday sales: report
Electronics sales are set to light up an otherwise dreary US holiday shopping season, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Economic turbulence, political uncertainty to dampen holiday sales, says report
A troubled economy and political infighting will darken the upcoming holiday retail season as consumer spending will barely rise over 2010 levels, says a new report from Ball State University.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 05, 2011 |
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US online sales surge 13 percent for holiday period
Americans clicked up a record 30.8 billion dollars in online holiday sales in 2010, a jump of 13 percent from a year ago, a survey showed.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Retail sector improves as consumers open their wallets
Retail sales for the upcoming holiday season should echo the nation's struggling economic recovery as consumers increase buying by 2.3 percent over last year, says a new report from Ball State University.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...
Dec 13, 2009 |
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Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research
(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales
(AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Chip sales down 25 pct in April: SIA
Global semiconductor sales declined 25 percent in April compared with a year ago but rose 6.4 percent over the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Monday.
Jun 01, 2009 |
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