retail
Bits Blog: DealBook: Best Buy Pays $1.3 Billion for Cellphone Business
The electronics retailer reached a deal with Carphone Warehouse of Britain to take full ownership of a fast-growing American cellphone joint venture and said it would abandon its expansion of big-box stores across Europe.
Bits: With High Demand, iPad 2 Goes on Sale in 25 Countries
While the Apple iPad 2 is still difficult to acquire in the United States, Apple said the new device will go on sale in 25 countries around the globe on Friday.
Bits: How to Procure an iPad 2
A guide to getting your hands on Apple’s latest hot gadget, the iPad 2, which is in short supply.
Bits: How to Procure an iPad 2
A guide to getting your hands on Apple’s latest hot gadget, the iPad 2, which is in short supply.
Bits: Amazon Offers a New Way to Shop – on an iPad
Amazon on Tuesday released a shopping application, Windowshop, that is designed to work exclusively with the Apple iPad.
Score Loyalty Points for Walking in a Store
Shopkick says it has developed a more accurate way for retailers to know a loyal customer is in the store and not standing 300 feet away.
How Online Retailers Read Your Mind
The tricks and strategies brick-and-mortar retailers use to lure customers into buying haven’t gone away online-they’ve just gotten more sophisticated.
Apple’s Modest Addition to the Upper West Side
A glass and marble palace in Manhattan is the latest in Apple’s retail chain that makes nearly as much per store as Macy’s does from locations 30 times larger.
Barnes & Noble Is Going Digital
Barnes and Noble is acquiring Fictionwise
Microsoft to open own stores, take on Apple
Microsoft is about to open stores in order to compete with Apple.
