Any notion that Christmas will be cancelled this year has been greatly exaggerated, according to the 14th Annual Christmas Retail Survey from Deloitte.
The global auditor and advisory firm reports that for most of the UK population, the economic downturn will not be getting in the way of Christmas, with 57% of
U.S. shipments of personal computers are expected to drop nearly 3 percent next year, while demand in much of the rest of the world will slow down quickly as the financial crisis spreads, research firm IDC said Wednesday. IDC, which said last month it expects global technology spending to slow significantly next year, now forecasts worldwide 2009 PC shipment growth of 3.8 percent, with the value of those shipments falling by 5.3 percent. This is down considerably from IDC’s earlier projection of a 13.7 percent growth in units shipped and 4.5 percent increase in PC revenue.
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PC Sales to Slip in ‘09
Naked Wines launched this week, offering an alternative model of buying wine online, by connecting winemakers directly to customers.
In theory, this will reduce the winemakers’ marketing and distribution costs and allow customers to get quality wines at reasonable prices. So how does the website shape up?
Zavvi, formerly Virgin Megastores, has been forced to suspend web sales of DVDs, games and music products.
The entertainment retailer has been poleaxed by the fallout from Woolworths
Duncan Jennings, the founder of VoucherCodes.co.uk, spoke at our recent Online Marketing Masterclasses about - you guessed it - the role of voucher codes in affiliate marketing.
I caught up with him to find out how voucher codes can be embraced by e-commerce companies to drive sales, and to figure out some best practices in this area.
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Q&A with Duncan Jennings of VoucherCodes.co.uk
