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Borders Set To Go Belly Up As Bankruptcy Looms

Book store company Borders, is facing an uncertain future as they struggle to compete with the likes of Amazon who are selling hard copy books and eBooks in the millions...

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Daily Deals Group Hits $760M In Revenue

Group-buying daily deals Web site Groupon says revenue in 2010 hit US$760 million, up from $33 million in 2009 - a 2300 percent increase. More than a third of the...

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Class Action Bought Against Major CE Retailer

Only in the USA. Anyone with an investment in the consumer electronics industry, knew that by mid 2009 sales were going soft and most people knew that Best Buy had...

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Senator Xenophon Accused Of Telling Big Fat Lie

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has been accused of "tellling a big fat lie" on a new web site that he has rolled out in an effort to combat a $20M...

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$153bn Apple Brand Pushes Out Google To Take Top Brand Slot

Apple, whose brand is now worth over $150bn, has pushed out Google to become the world's most valuable brand according to a new brand study.

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Gaming Interface To Push Marketing & Innovation

It's a bold prediction, but gaming is creeping into business processes just as the social networking phenomenon before it.

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Consumers Not Happy With Vendor Web Sites

Consumers are not happy with the web sites of most PC consumer technology and major appliance manufacturers according to the latest's Satisfaction Index (ACSI) study from research Company Foresee Results.

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Westpac Tips Soft August For Retailers

Westpac is tipping a soft August for retail sales following good results between March and June. In a new report the banking group said that there has been some underlying...

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Discounting Hurting Claims Harvey Norman Director

One of the most senior executives in the consumer electronics industry has called for manufacturers to stop discounting. He claims that factories making TV's to notebooks are slashing costs in...

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Comment: Has Kogan Online Got Cash Flow Problems?

COMMENT: The move by Kogan Technologies to solicit consumers to pay upfront before one of his products is manufactured in China smells more like cash flow issues than offering a...

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