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Businesses struggle to serve Gen Y
News This generation of consumers are digital natives immersed in technology, and companies are unsure about how to attract and retain them, survey reveals.
Tags: Marketing, Sales strategy, Business, Generation Y, social networking, podcast, software, Web 2.0, revenue, Nokia Corp.
Microsoft follows Apple into the retail business
News The company said Thursday that it will open its own line of retail stores and has hired a Wal-Mart veteran to lead the effort.
Tags: Sales strategy, Forecasting, Business Strategies & Functions, Best strategies, Apple Inc., DreamWorks SKG, Microsoft Corp., COO, Porter Five Forces, dot-com
Gartner finds lukewarm response to SaaS
News Research firm's findings contradict general impression that software-as-a-service could help alleviate costs in economic downturn.
Tags: Market research, Product development and design, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Investments, Business applications, Innovation, Standards, Survey, Gartner Inc.
Sources confirm Apple laid off salespeople last week
News An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise sales staff, but sources say that they lost their jobs last week.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Layoffs, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Sales, Cupertino, sales strategy, layoff, CEO, CNET Networks Inc.
Amazon bucks trend of worst retail season in decades
News Amazon proclaims that the 2008 festive shopping was its “best ever,” even though a report released on Christmas Day called the season one of the worst in decades.
Tags: E-commerce, Forecasting, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Electronics, Sales, food sale, 1080p, Forecasting, Intel Atom
US online spending doubles for pre-Christmas weekend
News Web shoppers last weekend spent almost double what they spent on the corresponding weekend before Christmas last year, ComScore reports.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Web sites, online retail, Sales, Consumer, online retail company, chairman, recession, retail company
Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free
News Apple's iPhone partner in Japan is cutting prices for its monthly data plans, and will offer new subscribers a free 8GB iPhone 3G or a 16GB iPhone for US$118.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Mobile, COO, Cell Phone, Touch-screen Phone, Japan, Softbank Corp., phone
Vnet to re-launch Apple's iStudio in Thailand
News To capture growing lifestyle retail market, Thailand's Vnet has taken a controlling stake in Copperwired and is set to re-launch an iStudio Apple shop the same size as that in San Francisco.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Training, Apple MacBook, Thailand, Singapore, Sales, Japan, Vnet Capital
Nokia adjusts to regain market share in Thailand
News Company's Thai operations plans to focus on its integrated product and services strategy under a "handsets plus solutions and services" approach.
Tags: Sales strategy, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Business structures, Mobile, Thailand, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, business strategy, Forecasting, Nokia Thailand
Nokia's net profit drops by 69 percent
News Poor sales in China, the Middle East and Africa prompt analysts to call on Nokia to introduce more 'iconic' high-end smartphones.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Forecasting, Handhelds, Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Forecasting, phone, net profit
Samsung wants 30 percent of Thai handset pie
News Samsung has set itself an ambitious target of capturing a 30 percent share in the mobile handset market in Thailand on sales revenue of US$257 million this year.
Tags: Handhelds, Best strategies, Business plans, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Sales strategy, Sales, Korean company, mobile handset, Forecasting
US$99 iPhone anyone?
News It's not Wal-Mart that has dropped the price into the double digits. It's AT&T, selling a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G for US$99 through New Year's Eve.
Tags: Handhelds, Sales strategy, Apple iPhone 3G, AT&T Corp., 3G, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., News.com, Apple iPhone, blog, Sales strategy
RIM Q3 as expected, but confidence is soaring
News Customer response to new BlackBerrys such as the Storm and Bold prompt Research In Motion to issue guidance way above previous expectations despite the economy.
Tags: PDA phones, Sales force automation, Forecasting, Sales strategy, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone 3G, Research In Motion Ltd., earnings per share, Forecasting, revenue
Indian tech riding out economic storm
News According to the country's outsourcing trade body, Nasscom, the Indian software and services industry will continue to grow despite the economic downturn.
Tags: Strategic analysis, Global strategic management, Sales strategy, Pricing strategy, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Earning reports/forecasts, Forecasting, Green IT, Outsourcing
Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve
News System builders and resellers get extra time to obtain licenses for the discontinued XP for their systems.
Tags: Windows XP, Sales strategy, Microsoft Corp., PC Company, Accommodation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, British Broadcasting Corp.
