Tagged: Retail
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Xbox 360 remains tops in US console market News
19.06.2013 For the 29th consecutive month, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console maintained its grip as the No 1 selling console in the US last month. -
Mobile commerce transactions to surpass US$3.2trn by 2017 - report News
19.06.2013 Mobile commerce transactions conducted through handsets and tablets will exceed US$3.2trn by 2017, rising from US$1.5trn this year, a new report from Juniper Research suggests.... -
Xtra-vision is saved: receivers sell business to Hilco Capital News
11.06.2013 High-street video and gaming rental and retail firm Xtra-vision has been saved after its receivers Ernst & Young completed the sale of the business and its assets to a number of... -
Mobile wallet payments predicted to reach €78bn in Europe and North America by 2017 News
05.06.2013 Analyst firm Berg Insight predicts that in-store mobile wallet payments will reach a value of €78bn in Europe and North America by 2017. -
22pc of UK shops to close by 2018 as more punters do their shopping online News
28.05.2013 Total store numbers in the UK will fall by 22pc from 281,930 today to 220,000 in 2018 due to a seismic shift in shopping trends as consumer opt to go online. Eventually online... -
Frockadvisor fashions e-commerce for independent retailers News
14.05.2013 Sonya Lennon, stylist and TV presenter, is turning her eye to fusing technology with retail. Together with her fellow presenter Brendan Courtney from the RTÉ fashion show Off... -
Oxfam Ireland gives computers new lease of life for resale from €120 News
13.05.2013 Oxfam Ireland’s new Born Again initiative offers refurbished computers for sale in-store and online for a fraction of their original price.Categories: Computers -
Sage Pay roadshow and new e-tail body offer e-commerce assistance to Irish businesses News
13.05.2013 In Ireland, €4bn of the total €35bn spent on retail goes to online retailers, but not necessarily those based in Ireland. This figure is predicted to grow to €11.3bn over the...Categories: Online Business, eCommerce -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Nolan News
10.05.2013 Smyths Toys is one of Ireland’s fastest-growing retailers. Its head of IT Vincent Nolan talks about changing the mindset from an SME to an enterprise, and why IT operations... -
Best Buy to sell off its European business to Carphone Warehouse for stg£500m News
30.04.2013 One of America’s leading technology retailers Best Buy has revealed that it plans to sell off its 50pc stake in Best Buy Europe to Carphone Warehouse for an estimated stg£500m...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Leadership & Management, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Seasoned start-up co-founders put the detail back into retail News
16.04.2013 Sometimes in life it is the journey and not the destination that matters the most. That could be said of Conall Lavery, a seasoned Irish technology executive who sold his IT... -
BlackBerry wants probe of ‘false’ report about BlackBerry Z10 return rates News
12.04.2013 BlackBerry is to ask securities regulators in Canada and the US to review what it says is a “false and misleading” report about retail return rates for its new Z10 smartphone. -
Discount voucher start-up Voucher Pages launches new coupon platform News
09.04.2013 Irish online discount voucher directory Voucher Pages has launched a new coupon platform to allow users to view discounted offers for products and services without having to... -
Nokia closes flagship store in Shanghai, China News
05.04.2013 Nokia shoppers in Shanghai, China, will have to buy the company’s mobile devices at retailers and mobile carriers, now that Nokia has closed what it had deemed its largest store... -
Social rewards app Popdeem will be ready for retailers next week News
28.03.2013 Fresh from successful showcases at the London Web Summit and the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas, Wayra-accelerated Irish start-up Popdeem is preparing for the... -
ESB reports profits of €194m for 2012 News
13.03.2013 Electricity utility ESB’s operating profit dropped 12pc to €415m in 2012 and profit after tax amounted to €194m, the company revealed in its annual report for 2012, published... -
The technology business week: Economic impact of the ‘Internet of Everything’, Eircom expands fibre rollout News
25.02.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Google to open its own retail stores this year? News
18.02.2013 Move over Apple stores, Google stores are on the way, and just in time for Christmas shopping. Maybe.