Department stores step back to electronic future
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Some of the biggest fashion trends at department stores this holiday season have more to do with MP3 players than cashmere ponchos or fur-trimmed sweaters.
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Laptops and smart phones are at the head of the class for collegiate back-to-school shoppers.Photos: gadgets at the head of the class
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The products you use are about to get smarter, faster, smaller, cheaper, and more colorful. Here's your guide to what's ahead in PCs, software, mobile gadgets, home electronics, and more.
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Tables are turning for IT buyers with new tech trends that have given shoppers the upper hand.
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SAN CARLOS, Calif. - For back-to-school shoppers, a new alphabet reigns, and it starts with E for electronics...
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Retailers in the region soon will have some new competition, and shoppers will have more choices about where to spend their money.
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OCADO, an online grocery retailer based in southeast England, may be about to instigate a new round of supermarket wars with the help of two digital phone switches it snapped up on the cheap from collapsed ...
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Increasingly, consumers are finding that their checks are being electronically converted by banks, retailers, credit card companies and other businesses paid by check.
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Company discontinues many consumer electronics lines to focus on PCs--and profitability.
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Is there a future for the department store? The potential merger of department store parents of Macy's and Filene's makes some wonder if the mass-market department store as we know it is dead. Squeezed at the high end by luxury retailers like Neiman Marcus and boutiques, and at the low end by Wal-Mart and Target, the Macy's and Filene's of ...
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.
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Retail slowdown aside, people are still shopping for consumer electronics this holiday season, and growth in the field could be double the growth in retail overall.
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The electronic gadgets retailer talks up strategies for growth.
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Circuit City this week bucked the trend of retailers opting for Windows-based point-of-sale systems by announcing plans to migrate to Linux-based IBM cash registers at its 600 stores.
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Companies will offer new online services that go beyond the PC.
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Behind rows of cellphone chargers and Bluetooth headsets at a kiosk in the Shops at the Prudential Center, Evan Silbert is quietly loosening the grip that major telecommunications companies have on the cellphone.
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Online sales of holiday stalwarts like jewelry, watches and flowers have dropped from last yearâs levels, while sales of more practical items like furniture and appliances have climbed.