Sony MAP to include digital imaging products
Beginning April 1, Sony Electronics, San Diego, CA, expands its Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) program to include Sony digital imaging products.
In a letter to its dealers on March 4, Mike Fasulo, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, said MAP “will apply for select categories and models within digital imaging.” This means X Series Cyber-shot [...]
Target, Rite Aid report February sales
February sales for Target Corp. and Rite Aid Corp. were a mixed bag. Target reported its net retail sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 27, were $4,637 million, an increase of 6.0 percent from $4,373 million for the four weeks ended Feb. 28, 2009. On this same basis, February comparable-store sales increased 2.4 percent. [...]
Walgreens February sales increase 3.2 percent
Walgreens Co., Deerfield, Ill., had February sales of $5.31 billion, an increase of 3.2 percent from $5.14 billion for the same month in 2009. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) increased 0.4 percent. Total front-end sales increased 4.5 percent in February, while comparable store front-end sales decreased 0.6 percent. Front-end sales [...]
JCPenney reports financial results exceeds expectations
JCPenney Inc., Plano, Texas, reported fourth quarter sales decreased 3.6 percent compared to last year, while comparable store sales decreased 4.5 percent. The strongest merchandise results were in women’s apparel and shoes, and geographically, the best performance was in the central region of the country. The weakest results were in the home division and the [...]
HP and Tesco sign agreement to roll out HP ML1000D dry labs across all Tesco Extra stores
HP Co., Palo Alto, Calif., announced an agreement with Tesco to roll out HP ML1000D dry lab technology across 140 Tesco Extra stores beginning in April.
Drug Store News explores consumer retail photo printing
Drug Store News featured new consumer printing activity, especially kiosks, in advance of this weekends PMA 2010 convention and trade show. Writer Barbara White-Sax notes: “Technology is moving ahead faster than ever, and photo processing is no exception. Technology is allowing consumers to do much more with their images; the challenge retailers face is how [...]
Staples Advantage launches Staples Technology Solutions
Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc., Framingham, Mass., launched Staples Technology Solutions to meet customers’ growing needs for technology products and services. Staples Technology Solutions offers business customers – from small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to Fortune 1000 corporations – access to a full range of offerings from data center solutions and printer [...]
Walmart and German retailer Rossmann install HP photo publishing solutions
HP Co., Palo Alto, Calif., and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., launched the first phase of a new strategic partnership to install HP photo publishing solutions in Walmart stores throughout the United States. Under the agreement, HP will roll out its instant photo print solutions in more than 3,600 stores by summer 2010.
Walmart selected HP [...]
CompUSA opens three new stores
CompUSA opened three new retail stores in Houston, Texas, Newark, De., and Euless, Texas. These new openings make a total of 32 CompUSA stores in the United States and Puerto Rico.
“CompUSA is thrilled to be opening new stores in these markets,” said Gilbert Fiorentino, chief executive of the Systemax Technology Products Group, which includes CompUSA. [...]
Walgreens helped couples celebrate Valentine’s Day with a kiss photo in Times Square
Walgreens invited consumers to “Share a Kiss” with the world for Valentine’s Day. From Feb. 10-14, couples were invited to upload their best kissing photo online at shareakiss.walgreens.com, or get their picture taken in-person at One Times Square in New York, N.Y., to have their kiss displayed in bright lights. The billboard pictures can [...]
