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The eRetail Sales Index by IMRG Capgemini has shown that the UK’s online sales increased 37% MoM and 20% YoY in November. Representing the largest October-to-November increase in the 14-year history of the Index (and largest YoY rise in 2014), sales jumped to £12.1 billion ($19 billion). A high level of trade on Black Friday, … Read more
Despite Black Friday promotions, high street footfall in the UK was down 4% YoY in November. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard found that overall footfall was down 2.4%; shopper numbers fell 2.1% in shopping centres and rose 0.8% in retail parks. Early December data is also available. Footfall was down 0.4% in the … Read more
Tech Data is now distributing AOC’s LCD monitors in the Netherlands.
Blackberry’s budget smartphone, the Z3, is now available in Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine through Asbis.
Due to the financial instability in Russia, Apple has halted sales of its products in the country. The company said that its online store has closed in Russia because the fluctuating currency value makes it too difficult to set prices.
17 Sony laser projectors have been purchased by the University of Helsinki, in Finland. Performance, reliability and total lifetime ownership costs were the main reason for choosing the 10 VPL-FHZ55 and seven VPL-FHZ700L projectors.
Film and TV production support company Roundabout Entertainment has taken on one of Leader’s LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitors. The unit was adopted due to the growing interest in high-resolution content creation, according to Roundabout; technical manager Stuart Clark said, “[UltraHD] is now the logical resolution for any new production project”.
The Quantum Dots Forum 2015 will be held on 16th and 17th March in San Francisco. It is an event dedicated to QDs, described as the only one in the USA. Companies in attendance will include 3M, Merck, Apple, Samsung, Nanoco, Quantum Materials Corporation and QD Vision.
Tech & Learning magazine has named NEC’s M322W projector as a winner in its Education Awards of Excellence programme.
Microsoft will be holding an event to unveil the ‘next chapter’ of Windows 10 on 21st January. Several executives, including CEO Satya Nadella, will be present at the event (at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, California). It is thought that the consumer preview will be launched on the day. A mobile device UI is also expected.
As if the Apple Watch weren’t expensive enough, how about raising the price to almost 10 times the original? Mervis Diamond Importers, of the USA, will produce its own model using 18ct rose gold and eight rows of diamonds – worth $30,000.
Royal Carribean’s new vessel, Quantum of the Seas, is the world’s first ‘smartship’. Part of the reason for this is the 15,000 Dell Venue tablets positioned around the ship at point-of-sale locations. 40,000 tablets, built by Hexa Electronics, have also been supplied to the crew as a way to stay connected with friends and family.
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