There was a rumor, unconfirmed by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), that Jeff Bezos’ company would open stores in the UK. It would follow Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) into the world of the mall or to…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has opened scores of retail stores and by almost any measure they have been a success. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is opening retail locations to sell its hardware and software. It is too early…
The video game sector is not improving with the economy. It seems to not even be getting ‘less-bad’ with the other sectors that are looking ‘less-bad’ compared to earlier months. Last night’s awful earnings…
A new survey from ChangeWave shows that holiday spending has improved in 2009 compared with 2008 and purchasing activity at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is soaring. The study of 2,954 consumers was completed on November 10.
Measurements from online research site Experian Hitwise show that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been the most visited e-commerce site during the holiday shopping season since 2006. It is in the process of extending that lead and its…
Nintendo (NTDOY) had a major winner on its hands with the Wii gaming system. Yet no fad lasts forever. It has been known for some time that the Wii gaming system was falling victim…
The acquisition of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) is getting even more heated. We have seen a raised bid from Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) to acquire Diedrich’s for $32.50 per share…
There are bits of research that say holiday e-commerce sales rose in the double digits over the Thanksgiving weekend and did even better on Monday. E-commerce sales have risen as a total percentage of retail…
Just over one-quarter of shoppers who made purchases over the Thanksgiving weekend used credit cards. Thirty-nine percent used cash and the balance of the shoppers used debit cards which are a cash-equivalent, according to survey…
Most people would guess that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) would do well this holiday season–better than their respective competitors. Thanksgiving e-commerce traffic is that the online sales site and consumer electronics paragon have…
The “official” numbers on Black Friday retail activity were mixed and the mixture did little to help analysts have a reasonable picture of what the rest of the holidays will bring. The data from the…
The fears about 2009 holiday sales may be coming true. Early research shows that retail activity was flat and in some regions fell sharply. ShopperTrak reports that dollar sales for the first day of…
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) took it on the chin in recent weeks after Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its personal navigation system as an app on its new smartphones for free. Despite the company’s…
More than 13% of people who went to the top 500 retail websites went to Walmart.com for the week ending November 21. The number was up 77% from the previous week, which is not…
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) wants to follow Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), Dell (NADSAQ:DELL) and hundreds of other large American companies into China. It is the promised land for consumer spending. The middle class in the world’s…