NPD Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel
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Though unit sales for Vista's launch week as estimated by NPD were 58.9% lower than Windows XP's in October 2001, the way NPD tabulates its launch week data - the methodology for which NPD confirmed to BetaNews this afternoon - indicates that retail unit sales of Vista may actually be 25% or less per day during Vista's launch week than for XP's.
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Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.  on Monday said weak sales at its Children's Place and Disney Store chains caused a 4 percent decline in June same-store sales, forcing the retailer to forecast a wider net loss for the current quarter than analysts had expected.
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Sales at U.S. retailers fell 0.4  percent in December and were less vigorous in November than  previously thought, according to a government report on Tuesday  that implied costlier energy and slumping housing prices were  taking a toll on consumers.
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Same-store sales fall, but there might be light at the end of the half-pipe.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Sales at US retailers may have fallen in November as consumers took a break after spending at the fastest pace in almost three years, economists said in advance of yesterday&#39;s Commerce Department report.
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Consumers are easing off on PC purchases as corporations ramp up their purchases, according to the latest data from market researcher IDC.
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- Williams-Sonoma Inc  reported a 0.4 percent fall in holiday sales at its stores open at least a year and cut its fourth-quarter forecast, hurt by weak sales in its home furnishings businesses.
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Sales at retailers surprisingly dropped 0.9 percent in June, the biggest decline in almost two years, as car and gasoline sales fell, a government report showed on Friday.
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U.S. chain store sales fell in the  last week of November, as shoppers focused on discounted rather  than full-priced items, a report said on Tuesday.
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First-week sales of the new OS by itself trail those of its predecessor, though sales of new PCs with Vista have been stronger, NPD says.
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.
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By Jessica Mintz  Consumers can finally get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s long- delayed Windows Vista, but unlike the mad midnight rushes retailers saw with the recently released video game consoles, stores saw only a trickle of early adopters Tuesday.
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Retail sales were weaker than expected in August; confidence wanes.
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NPD Group's July numbers for game console sales have arrived, and the news is good for Sony and Nintendo. The struggling PlayStation 3 saw a 60 percent sales boost thanks to a $100 price cut on the 60GB model that is being phased out. But Nintendo still held the sales lead with its Wii.
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PC buying uptick won't last. Corporations are upgrading at a normal pace, while consumers who waited for Vista have now made the switch.
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Investor's Business Daily - The National Retail Federation said 33.4% of shoppers plan to spend less this year than last year while only 16.4% plan to spend more. The NRF has forecast the smallest sales gain in 5 years as falling home prices, higher food and energy costs and the credit crunch sap spending. Holiday sales account for 25% to 40% of retailers' annual revenue.
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WASHINGTON - Shoppers turned a bit tightfisted in August, dropping sales at the nation's retailers by 0.3 percent, providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.    The decline in sales reported by the Commerce Department on Tuesday came after shoppers pushed sales up by a solid 0.8 percent in July as consumers' willingness to spend revived after a June lull...