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14 February 2012
- 64,000 new NZ Facebookworms in last 6 months
- Just what does EECA do? Lots...
- EECA: Efficient fridges saved NZ $59m in 2011
- Still got it after all these years: Sony's iF Design Awards
- Samsung's Forum 2012: Pushing boundaries?
- Media Markt goes online
- JB Hi-Fi's half year results: NZ not too bad?
- Amazon to trial its own bricks & mortar?
10 February 2012
7 February 2012
- Retravision's Australian future out there
- "Marginal" improvement in Kiwi business confidence
- Aussie retail figures: more spin than statistical insight?
- 2011 NZ salary and wage rates "steady" at +2% on 2010
- Paymark: January NZ spending +3.5% but calendar masks improvement
- Global smartphone shipments +63% on 2010, PCs +15%
3 February 2012
2 February 2012
1 February 2012
31 January 2012
- Strategic review said CE better delivered through Big W
- But Woolies will sell Dick Smith anyway...
- Dick Smith announces a "solid" result...
- Kiwis txt more than spk on their cellphones
- Note: phone or tablet? Whatever it's here in February
- Smartphones: two clear leaders and the rest...
- Not an iPad rival? Kindle Fire takes off!
- JB HiFi MD talks with Current.com.au
25 January 2012
24 January 2012
- Analyst to Dick Smith: close half your stores
- 3D TV up in Europe and China, down in USA
- Uber-stylish coffee system coming to NZ?
- Max Payne out in May
- The Last Story on Wii: out 23 February
- Check out Toshiba's new ANZ Facebook page
- Lost something? Why "the cloud" needs to be rock solid...
- Kodak in Chapter 11 but FILM business still profitable...
20 January 2012
- Project CARS; the next PC racing phenomenon?
- Max Payne: more cinematic but still bloody-as
- Here's to even cheaper LED-LCD TVs!
- TechRadar previews Mobile World Congress
- And here's Kodak's plan...
- Part of a plan: Kodak on why it's gone Chapter 11
- Apple "reinvents textbooks" with iPad, iBooks 2...
- Sounds great!
- ...But who's in charge / who's going to pay for them?
- Google earnings out: rated "disappointing"
- "Stars of CES": hi-fi the winner on the day
18 January 2012
17 January 2012
16 January 2012
11 January 2012
- Woolies' Door Buster is latest Aussie daily deals site
- Kodak simplifies to help recovery
- Paymark: December NZ appliance spending +5.3%
- Global 2012 spending to exceed US$1 trillion
- Toshiba gets into smart homes in US
- 2012 Wares Awards date announced!
- TomTom, Samsung deal gives maps and content
- Wares.co.nz's CES 2012 news summary
9 January 2012
- Narta's Beko rationale for Australia
- "Natural mapping" cooktop: put your pots where you want
- High value, thin OLED displays = TV margins...
- Harvey Norman now looking overseas for growth?
- Microsoft: UK retailers "counterfeited" Windows
- Rugby World Cup impact limited to short term?
- 3D TV declining in the USA?
- More talk about extended warranties...
- NPD Group: LED TV prices fall 60% in 2 years...
- And after 3D TV? There's always "4K..."
- CES 2012: Google TV makes a comeback?
- CES 2012: Cnet's snippets from Vegas
- CES 2012: Stay up to date with TechRadar
13 December 2011
12 December 2011
- Paymark: slow start to Xmas spending
- Printing photos still best for the consumer!
- Who's best at social (media) engagement?
- Format/merchandising/experience/social media - what's your 2012 outlook?
- Consumer confidence falling despite resilient economy
- 72% of NZ internet users buy online
- Telecom looks to lock up new Skinny Mobile youth brand
- Igloo TV ("Sky Lite"?) an attractive option?
- 2011: A year in retail technology
- 12 "crucial" consumer trends for 2012...
- Retail technology predictions for 2012
6 December 2011
5 December 2011
30 November 2011
29 November 2011
28 November 2011
- BNZ, Vodafone trial NFC mobile payment
- Fisher & Paykel Appliances' profits dive
- Dick Smith rethink on Woolworths' mind?
- Harvey Norman now fully fledged (Aussie) online retailer!
- GfK: Aussie smartphones up but CE down
- Smiths City reopens in Christchurch (hurrah)
- JB Hi-Fi's "direct import" model for Australia
- Apple now UK’s 2nd most popular online retailer
- Dixons' "wafer-thin" margins hurting
- HMV moves from music into technology?
- Best Buy's UK entry a flop, Europe now off the cards too
- Comet drains Kesa too much, sold for two quid
- Panasonic’s massive Armageddon plasma attack!
- Sony, Pana, Samsung: Full HD active 3D glasses standard
- Harvey Norman’s Q3 2011 results: global sales down 3.8%
- Sony buys back Sony Ericsson!
