Tag Archives: This Holiday Season

No News Is Bad News: JC Penney Tanks After Saying Zilch About Holiday Sales

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If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. JC Penney apparently took that old adage to heart, when it released “Comments on Holiday Performance.” The press release was only...
    






Microsoft Reveals 3 Million Xbox One Sales In 2013

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It’s been a little while since we’ve gotten any further numbers from the great console sales race of 2013, and now as CES kicks off, Microsoft has given us an update. In a blog post from Yusuf Mehdi...
    






Apple’s iPad Performed Better Vs. The Competition This Holiday Season

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Chitika measured tens of million of smartphone and tablet online ad impressions on its network during December 20 to 29 in the U.S. and Canada. While the iPad did experience a drop of 130 basis...
    






Wii U Outsells Xbox One The Week Before Christmas According To VGChartz

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We’ll start with the obligatory caveat: VGChartz is a controversial website. Any sales numbers taken from the site should, for a variety of reasons, be taken with a grain of salt. The numbers...
    






Apple Closes 2013 In Grand Fashion With Truly Innovative, Easy-To-Service Mac Pro

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When the cylinder-shaped Mac Pro was announced back in October many scoffed that it was just another glitzy, even odd Apple product, that was no doubt over-priced for what it could potentially...
    






Five Of The Smartest Retail Moves In 2013

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Retailers reeled from all manner of missteps, blunders and outright fiasco’s this year – from Abercrombie & Fitch’s image battering no-large-sizes ethos to J.C. Penney’s sales hemorrhaging coupon...
    






Year-End Car Deals Delight Consumers

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The Christmas season is a good time to drive up automobile bargains. Most car salesmen are offering lucrative discounts on vehicles and thereby attracting some serious customers. In fact, an...
    






How Zappos Saved Christmas When A Third Of Retailers Screwed Up Delivery

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Zappos founder Tony Hsieh’s famous obsession with customer service paid off this holiday season. The Amazon-owned online shoe emporium came out on top in a Christmas delivery stress test performed...
    






UPS FedEx Delayed

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The anger and chagrin are palpable. After UPS and FedEx were unable to deliver a fraction of the packages this Christmas, the vexed clientele took to Twitter and Facebook to vent their spleen at the...
    






What To Get The Discriminating CIO This Year

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What with overnight delivery, drones, 3-D printers, and after-Christmas sales, it’s almost never too late to write up a wish list. Here’s a list of great gift ideas for CIOs – some of which may not...