Neowin News Feed for: Retailers

Retailers offering discounts and waiving shipping fees to entice shoppers

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:44:01 +0000

After "non-essential" businesses have been closed throughout the U.S. due to COVID-19, retailers are now offering discounts and waiving shipping fees to entice shoppers stuck at homes. Read more...

Adobe AI forecasts $143 billion in bumper US holiday sales

John - Patrick Thackeray — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:02:01 +0000

With holiday season just around the corner, Adobe is expecting huge online sales for retailers thanks in part to its AI technology "Adobe Sensei" analyzing online sales trends throughout the year. Read more...

Twitter expands 'Buy Now' service, making it available to more merchants

Matt Brown — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:04:01 +0000

Twitter has expanded the 'Buy Now' service, allowing more merchants to take part in the program. This allows customers the ability to buy products without leaving the Twitter application. Read more...

Microsoft announces 10 million sales (to retailers) of its Xbox One

Andy Weir — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:20:01 +0000

Three months after the PS4 passed the same milestone, Microsoft now says it is nearing 10 million sales of its Xbox One - but the figure applies to sales of the console to retailers, not to consumers. Read more...

Microsoft promotes use of Windows Embedded OS to retailers

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:38:30 +0000

Microsoft is using this week's National Retail Federation trade show in New York City to promote its various Windows Embedded operating systems for use by businesses. Read more...

Google is sued by PayPal over mobile payment secrets

James Woodfin — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:18:23 +0000

Google has apparently another legal problem on its hands. A lawsuit has been filed by PayPal, the fastest-growing unit at EBay. PayPal claims that Google misappropriated trade secrets from PayPal’s mobile payment business. The lawsuit... Read more...

Online retailers predict record sales

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:39:55 +0000

Online retailers in the UK are preparing themselves for what is normally the busiest Internet shopping day of the year. The first Monday in December is considered by online retailers to be the peak, with... Read more...

New MP3 logo for retailers

Tom Warren — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:25:39 +0000

Seven of the UK's most important music download retailers have launched a campaign to help consumers make sense of the popular music format MP3. 7digital.com, Digitalstores.co.uk, HMV.com, Play.com, Tescodigital.com, Tunetribe.com and Woolworthsdownload.co.uk will all use... Read more...

Retailers Estimate Xbox 360 Failure Rate High as 33 Percent

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:04:34 +0000

By several metrics, the Xbox 360 is the most successful console so far of this generation. Despite the startling pace of the Wii, the Xbox 360 still has the most consoles sold worldwide and the... Read more...

UK Retailers Cut Price of PlayStation 3 to Stir Sales

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:01:14 +0000

In response to reports saying that UK sales dropped 82% the immediate week after the PlayStation 3 release, several UK retailers have taken it upon themselves to cut prices of the PS3 to as low... Read more...

UK Police Warn Retailers of PS3 Launch Dangers

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:48:14 +0000

Demand for Sony's new console is cooling throughout North America and Japan, but European gamers appear to be eager to land the newest PlayStation (priced at Â£425 or €599) on March 23. Unlike the past... Read more...

Partners and retailers rally apps, support for Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:50:48 +0000

With the consumer launch of Windows Vista on the horizon, Microsoft's software and retail partners are preparing for the launch with applications and support for the new OS. Industry watchers and Microsoft customers have expressed... Read more...

UK Retailers Refuse to sell Bully

Todd Tanner — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:12:16 +0000

Thanks to Eurogamer for the story. Major electronics retailers PC World, Currys and Dixons have refused to stock controversial Rockstar title Bully, renamed Canis Canem Edit in Europe. All owned... Read more...

Online retailers prepare for Christmas rush

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:59:04 +0000

Online merchants should plan now to ensure they can cope with high volumes of traffic and maximise sales during the busy Christmas shopping period this year, warned e-commerce specialist ATG last week. Industry body the... Read more...

Retailers wake up to Intel Macs' WinXP capability

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:48:03 +0000

The ability of Apple's new Intel-based desktops and notebooks to run Windows XP clearly has an appeal beyond Mac enthusiasts keen to see how far they can push their machines. UK retailers too are leaping... Read more...

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 shipping to retailers

Todd Tanner — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:02:55 +0000

Destineer Publishing's Bold Games label and Tripwire Interactive announce today that the highly-anticipated World War II first-person shooter for PC, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, is shipping today and will be available in retail stores across... Read more...

Retailers Upset Over Format Wars

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:48:53 +0000

Major US retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA are fuming over the ongoing battle between HD DVD and Blu-Ray, calling the consumer-bewildering battle "nightmarishly unfriendly" and "stupid." While consumers grow increasingly... Read more...

Ghost in the Shell hacks into retailers

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:39:31 +0000

Bandai ships its anime-inspired PS2 action game to stores. Since its film debut in 1995, Ghost in the Shell has become one of the classics of Japanese anime. With its sci-fi premise... Read more...

UK online retailers break street date on San Andreas

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:20:41 +0000

Efforts to prevent the launch date of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from being broken in the UK have been a resounding success on the High Street - but customers of somee online retailers have... Read more...

Japan retailers report big DS preorders

Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:39:22 +0000

On preorders alone, the Nintendo DS is the third best-selling system in Japan this week. The Nintendo DS is the third best-selling video game console for the week of October 11-17, Nikkei... Read more...

First Xbox Fitness Game Ships to Retailers

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:31:21 +0000

responDesign has announced the first fitness game to be released on the Xbox called Yourself!Fitness. Available in stores now, the "game" comes with fitness analysis, personalized goal settings, customized meal planner, fitness calendar, and over... Read more...

Nintendo mentions F-Zero Climax to retailers

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:05:57 +0000

Given our love for F-Zero: GP Legend on the Game Boy Advance (read some of our love notes here), we were pleased today to discover that Nintendo appears to be producing another F-Zero title for... Read more...

Retailers Say Doom 3 in October

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:35:08 +0000

IGN.com is reporting that Doom 3 will ship in late July or early August. Later the Xbox version will ship in October. The source for these release dates is a retail chain that... Read more...

Retailers Vie for Electronics Holiday Rush

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:34:48 +0000

With stacks of cut-price DVD players, digital cameras and big-screen televisions for sale, U.S. consumer electronics retailers are jockeying for what they expect to be a prosperous holiday shopping season. The battle for... Read more...

5 online cigarette retailers sued

Wed, 02 Apr 2003 15:24:47 +0000

"California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed lawsuits against five out-of-state online cigarette retailers Tuesday, alleging they are selling to California minors and avoiding responsibilities to pay California sales taxes. Lockyer said the growing Internet tobacco... Read more...

Dell seeks to cash in with retailers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:43:40 +0000

The company said on Monday at the National Retail Federation's Convention and Expo in New York that it would enter the market for retail point-of-sale equipment with a new line of electronic cash registers. Dell... Read more...

Major retailers to test "smart shelves"

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:38:51 +0000

Two major retailers and a consumer products giant are teaming up to test a new "smart shelf" technology that allows for real-time tracking of inventory levels. Gillette, Wal-Mart and the U.K.-based supermarket chain... Read more...

Microsoft cuts shipment alottments to many retailers in half!

Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:02:56 +0000

Could there be more GameCubes available than X-Boxs this November? News source: Read More... Read more...