Retail
Is eBay fed up with the auction business?
By: Davey Winder
eBay is cutting the costs of fixed-price sales and giving buyers additional financial protection. Does this signal the end of the online auction site and a drive to become the shop window of the web instead?
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By: Davey Winder
eBay is cutting the costs of fixed-price sales and giving buyers additional financial protection. Does this signal the end of the online auction site and a drive to become the shop window of the web instead?
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Best Buy to take on iPhone
By: Stephen Withers
It may sound odd to our Australian and European readers, but the Americans are getting excited about the prospect of being able to buy iPhones from stores other than those operated by Apple or AT&T. Best Buy has announced it will start selling the popular handset on September 7.
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By: Stephen Withers
It may sound odd to our Australian and European readers, but the Americans are getting excited about the prospect of being able to buy iPhones from stores other than those operated by Apple or AT&T. Best Buy has announced it will start selling the popular handset on September 7.
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Chatswood Apple store: massive “door”, launch a bore?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Apple’s second Australian store has finally opened on a much smaller scale than the first flagship store in Sydney’s CBD. Instead of massive crowds and jammed city streets, reports say the store’s opening was much more subdued, despite the best attempts of Apple staff to “whoop it up”.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Apple’s second Australian store has finally opened on a much smaller scale than the first flagship store in Sydney’s CBD. Instead of massive crowds and jammed city streets, reports say the store’s opening was much more subdued, despite the best attempts of Apple staff to “whoop it up”.
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iTunes Store still number one music retailer: report
By: Stephen Withers
Apple's iTunes Store has retained its position as the leading music retailer in the US, according to market research firm NPD. The company's latest results cover the first half of calendar 2008.
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By: Stephen Withers
Apple's iTunes Store has retained its position as the leading music retailer in the US, according to market research firm NPD. The company's latest results cover the first half of calendar 2008.
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Apple to open second Sydney store August 9, other capitals left hanging
By: Stephen Withers
Apple has announced that it will open its second Sydney store in Chatswood on August 9 but to date there is still no word on when Melbourne and the other major capitals will get a store.
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By: Stephen Withers
Apple has announced that it will open its second Sydney store in Chatswood on August 9 but to date there is still no word on when Melbourne and the other major capitals will get a store.
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IBM hot to trot in emerging markets
By: Stephen Withers
Keen to further boost its position in high growth emerging markets such as China and India, IBM has announced the establishment of its latest centres of excellence. IBM's business in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) market grew 31 percent in the second quarter, with India as the most significant contributor.
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By: Stephen Withers
Keen to further boost its position in high growth emerging markets such as China and India, IBM has announced the establishment of its latest centres of excellence. IBM's business in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) market grew 31 percent in the second quarter, with India as the most significant contributor.
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Telstra lists stores to carry iPhone on July 11 but still no data details!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has announced which of its stores across Australia will carry the iPhone 3G from July 11, from many capital cities to rural and regional areas, but additional details on data inclusions like won’t come until Friday itself.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has announced which of its stores across Australia will carry the iPhone 3G from July 11, from many capital cities to rural and regional areas, but additional details on data inclusions like won’t come until Friday itself.
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Optus promises midnight feast for iPhone faithful
By: Stephen Withers
Optus plans to throw a public party for its iPhone 3G launch event at its central Sydney store, complete with food and drinks, starting at 10pm on Thursday July 10.
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By: Stephen Withers
Optus plans to throw a public party for its iPhone 3G launch event at its central Sydney store, complete with food and drinks, starting at 10pm on Thursday July 10.
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Sol says Telstra “bigger than Apple” as T[Life] store opens without iPhone
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As expected, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo opened the flagship Melbourne T[Life] Telstra store in Melbourne’s CDB today, briefly showing off the HTC Touch Diamond during his speech. While he answered a question he’d received earlier in the morning about whether Telstra is in a war with Apple or not, on the topic of the iPhone, the head speaker of the nation’s biggest communications company was... silent. Although he did say “we’re bigger than Apple”. Read on.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As expected, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo opened the flagship Melbourne T[Life] Telstra store in Melbourne’s CDB today, briefly showing off the HTC Touch Diamond during his speech. While he answered a question he’d received earlier in the morning about whether Telstra is in a war with Apple or not, on the topic of the iPhone, the head speaker of the nation’s biggest communications company was... silent. Although he did say “we’re bigger than Apple”. Read on.
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Telstra Melbourne T-Life store opens tomorrow – with Telstra iPhone announcement?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “Apple Store” clone, the “T[Life]” store, will open its second Australian store in Melbourne on June 26, with wide open spaces, technology on display for consumers to test and trial, a “classroom” area to teach consumers how to use technology Telstra sells and more. But the big question is: will Sol Trujillo also unveil that Telstra will also sell the iPhone in Australia?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “Apple Store” clone, the “T[Life]” store, will open its second Australian store in Melbourne on June 26, with wide open spaces, technology on display for consumers to test and trial, a “classroom” area to teach consumers how to use technology Telstra sells and more. But the big question is: will Sol Trujillo also unveil that Telstra will also sell the iPhone in Australia?
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eBay: archaic trading laws are harming EU consumers
By: Davey Winder
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
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By: Davey Winder
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
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The Apple store “experience”
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With headlines like “a glass act” and “full of hot air”, the journalist reaction to the Apple store opening extravaganza has been curious to see. But for anyone that has ever been into and shopped at an official Apple store already knows – it’s a retail experience unlike any other.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With headlines like “a glass act” and “full of hot air”, the journalist reaction to the Apple store opening extravaganza has been curious to see. But for anyone that has ever been into and shopped at an official Apple store already knows – it’s a retail experience unlike any other.
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Apple unveils its 'Crystal Palace' Sydney retail store
By: Stuart Corner
With its three storey high, 700 square metre all-glass frontage and all-glass staircase Apple's new retail store in Sydney, its second largest, is an impressive edifice dedicated to service and training as much as to sales.
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By: Stuart Corner
With its three storey high, 700 square metre all-glass frontage and all-glass staircase Apple's new retail store in Sydney, its second largest, is an impressive edifice dedicated to service and training as much as to sales.
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Bing Lee brings in competition for Catalogue Central with ShopLocal
By: Stephen Withers
Catalogue Central seemed to have Australian electronic catalogue distribution sewn up with big name clients including Officeworks, Dick Smith, and Big W. But New South Wales electronics retailer has thrown open the market by choosing to become ShopLocal's first client outside North America.
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By: Stephen Withers
Catalogue Central seemed to have Australian electronic catalogue distribution sewn up with big name clients including Officeworks, Dick Smith, and Big W. But New South Wales electronics retailer has thrown open the market by choosing to become ShopLocal's first client outside North America.
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Sydney Apple store opens Thursday June 19, 5pm – iPhone sales date, too?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A news report confirms that June 19, 5pm is the day Apple’s first store in the Southern Hemisphere will open – but is it also the day that Apple’s Australian resellers start going out of business?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A news report confirms that June 19, 5pm is the day Apple’s first store in the Southern Hemisphere will open – but is it also the day that Apple’s Australian resellers start going out of business?
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Banner unfurled at Sydney Apple store site but it’s not yet open
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Apple’s first Australian store on the corner of King and George Sts in Sydney hasn’t yet opened, but there’s movement at the station indicating Apple’s iconic retail store will open soon. Will authorised Apple retailers be set into a crunchy spin?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Apple’s first Australian store on the corner of King and George Sts in Sydney hasn’t yet opened, but there’s movement at the station indicating Apple’s iconic retail store will open soon. Will authorised Apple retailers be set into a crunchy spin?
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Man accused of stealing hundreds of iPhones back in custody
By: Stephen Withers
A couple of months ago we mentioned two Rockinham Park Apple Store employees had been charged with stealing over 300 iPhones. One of them skipped town, but is now back in custody.
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By: Stephen Withers
A couple of months ago we mentioned two Rockinham Park Apple Store employees had been charged with stealing over 300 iPhones. One of them skipped town, but is now back in custody.
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Apple takes lion's share of retail upmarket PC sales
By: Stephen Withers
Apple is sometimes derided for its single-digit market share, but there's a segment where it is doing extraordinarily well. It shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that segment is exactly where the company has chosen to compete.
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By: Stephen Withers
Apple is sometimes derided for its single-digit market share, but there's a segment where it is doing extraordinarily well. It shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that segment is exactly where the company has chosen to compete.
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