Category: Retail Sales

Microsoft Retail Sales

Microsoft slashes Surface Pro 2 prices by up to £150

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As reported by Engadget. BY JAMIE RIGG Microsoft might be gearing up for the launch of its bigger, better Surface 3 tablet, but it still hopes to shift some older slates in the interim, with help from an enticing discount. In the biggest price cut we can remember since Surface RT received similar treatment, all configurations of Surface Pro 2 are now available through Microsoft’s UK store for £140 or £150 off their normal cost. This means you can grab the base…

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Payment Innovation Is Not Enough For Retail

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Dax Dasilva nnounces Its Cross-Platform Marketing Cloud Editor’s note:  Dax Dasilva is founder and CEO of retail management company LightSpeed.Once a key differentiator, mobile payments are fast becoming a commodity and are widely used by retailers. Yankee Group found that 61 percent of large merchants already use a mobile checkout or plan to in 2014. We are seeing the major payments players recognize this, realizing that they can’t bank on razor-thin profit margins from…

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Apple’s MacBook Air is now $100 cheaper and has a slightly faster processor

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY Been waiting for a MacBook Air refresh? Breathe easy, friend, because one has arrived — well, sort of. Cupertino has quietly updated its online store with a familiar looking ultraportable, matching last year’s model almost spec for spec: 4GB of RAM, 128 or 256GB of flash storage, a 1,440 x 900 resolution display, Intel HD 5000 graphics and a slim wedge frame with all the trimmings — Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ports…

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Staples is launching an in-store 3D printing service

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY First it sold select 3D printers in stores, then it sold print-by-mail services in Europe — now Staples is offering US customers a chance to print objects on-demand and on-site. The company’s launch event is focusing on the fun side of 3D printing, serving up action figures and personalized Starfleet officers to walk-in customers, but Staples says it hopes the service will catch the attention of small businesses. Customers will have access to up…

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Sharp’s near-4K TVs are now available, starting at $2,500

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As reported on Engadget. BY EDGAR ALVAREZ Even though CES 2014 is long gone, some of the stuff announced there is just now starting to become available for purchase. Case in point: Sharp’s Quattron+ lineup, a series of 2014 AQUOS televisions featuring the latest and greatest, including a revamped SmartCentral platform. But that’s not what’s interesting here. Instead, it’s the Quattron+ technology, one that Sharp describes as being able to “accept a 4K signal and play it back at near-4K resolution, with an effective…

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RadioShack will reportedly close up to 500 stores in coming months

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As reported on The Verge. By Chris Welch RadioShack will reportedly close up to 500 stores in its latest attempt to overhaul a slumping business. The Wall Street Journal says the closures will come in the coming months, though it’s not clear which locations are in the crosshairs. RadioShack currently operates over 4,500 stores, so the retailer will still have a sizable US presence even after the cuts. The company has thus far struggled to reinvent itself and attract…

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Good Deal: $499 Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, $400 off original price

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft’s original Surface Pro isn’t even a year old yet, but it has been superseded by the Surface Pro 2. It appears that Best Buy still has some stock of the original model that it wants to move this weekend. We’ve seen some price reductions on the Surface Pro before — including cuts following the Surface Pro 2 release — but Best Buy is offering a massive $400 discount on the original retail price, bringing the Surface…

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PC Retail Sales

After A Troubled 2013, The PC Market Looks For Stability

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Today Gartner released a preliminary set of results for the global PC market in the fourth quarter of 2013, indicating that PC sales fell 6.9% to 82.6 million units. 2013 has certainly been a historically tough year for PCs and the industry that builds and sells them. Gartner, with its fourth quarter predictions now mostly in place, estimates that the PC market shrank 10% during the year. Total unit volume was 315.9…

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Moto G for Verizon now on sale at Best Buy for $100 contract-free

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS When Motorola said that a CDMA version of the Moto G would reach the US in January, it was being overly cautious. Best Buy has confirmed that it’s already selling the Verizon edition of the budget smartphone in its retail stores; as soon as a store has inventory, you can pick one up. And it’s cheap, too. At $100 off-contract, Verizon’s Moto G is less expensive than both its GSM equivalent and many slower, smallerdevices. You…

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Walmart starts grocery delivery service in Denver, makes it easier to never leave home again.

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Oh, boy. Local mom-and-pop shops in Denver aren’t going to like this: Walmart’slooking to increase pressure on local businesses by delivering groceries straight to your waiting arms. Yes, that includes fresh produce, as well as dry and frozen items, which will surely make workaholics (and shut-ins) out there happy. The Walmart To Go service has been shuttling perishable goods to people’s doorsteps in San Francisco and San Jose for the…

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