iPhone, Mac & Services Growth Drive Record June Quarter Revenue & 20% EPS Growth
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-7-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $37.4 billion and quarterly net profit of $7.7 billion, or $1.28 per diluted share. These…
Electronics
London, UK, 2014-7-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — Darty plc, a leading multi-channel electrical retailer, today announces that it will be transferring a number of the remaining central support functions based in London to Paris over the coming year as it further consolidates its head office function in line with the focus on its core business.
Dominic…
Bill Campbell Retiring After 17 Years of Service
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-7-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced that Susan L. Wagner, founding partner and director of BlackRock, has been elected to Apple's board of directors. Bill Campbell, the board’s longest-serving member, is retiring after 17 years of service.
Wagner co-founded BlackRock in 1988 and helped it become one…
CUPERTINO, California and ARMONK, New York, 2014-7-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone® and iPad®.
The landmark partnership aims to redefine the…
Global ATM leaders initiate concerted effort to curb fraud and establish industry-wide security measures
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-7-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — As automated teller machine (ATM) networks have expanded worldwide, so has the sophistication of global crime. The combination of these factors has led to intensified security concerns at the ATM. Combating this issue requires consistent…
Brings Course Creation, Management for Teachers & Student Discussions To iPad
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-7-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced updates to iTunes U®, bringing educators and students great new tools to build and experience educational content on iPad®. Beginning July 8, teachers using the free iTunes U app can create, edit and manage entire courses…
iPod touch Lineup Now Starting at $199
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-6-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced its 16GB iPod touch® is now available in vibrant colors and equipped with a 5 megapixel iSight® camera for just $199. The entire iPod touch lineup features the 5 megapixel iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording, brilliant 4-inch…
Creating More Value with Low-Cost High-Efficient Supply Chain and Comprehensive Online/Offline Business
Achieving “3 Deliveries/Day; Precise Delivery; Installation with Delivery” in 200 cities
Hong Kong, 2014-6-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Guided by its “Omni-Channel Retailer” strategy and driven by its cost-efficient supply chain, GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited (HKSE: 493, “GOME” or “The Company”, together with…
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-6-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service Beats Music, and Beats Electronics, which makes the popular Beats headphones, speakers and audio software. As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple. Apple is acquiring the…
London, UK, 2014-5-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Darty plc today announces a trading update for the fourth quarter period from 1 February 2014 to 30 April 2014 and for the financial year ended 30 April 2014, based on unaudited management accounts. Reflecting the evolving structure of the Group, all trading data for the prior…
Online presence within six months
Sophisticated back-end integration ensures customers are served by the stock of the warehouse or store geographically closest
Integrated with Trony logistics chain
Trony directors to present at Netcomm E-Commerce Forum in Milan, 20th May
Jena, Germany, 2014-5-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — Trony has taken its business online for the…
Net profit up 252.6% Key Momentum Stems from Management Focus, Omni Channel Strategy and Supply Chain
Service Upgrade Achieved in 200 Cities to Provide 3 Deliveries/Day, Precise Delivery & Installation with Delivery
Hong Kong, 2014-5-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited (HKSE: 493, “GOME” or “The Company”, together with its subsidiaries, “The Group”) today…
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended March 29, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $43.6 billion and net profit of $9.5…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2014-4-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fans of world leading music lifestyle brand, SOL REPUBLIC, can now access the range of premium headphones and wireless speakers at online retailer Argos.
Dedicated to enhancing people’s lives through better sounding headphones and speakers and constantly developing its products to look, sound and feel unlike anything else in…
Developers Can Apply for WWDC Tickets Starting Today
CUPERTINO, California, 2014-4-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 2 through June 6 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. At this year’s five-day conference, developers from around the world will learn about the future of iOS and…
London, UK, 2014-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Further to the announcement of 18 December 2013, Darty plc (the “Group”) today confirms that through its subsidiary Etablissements Darty et Fils (“Darty France”) it has completed the acquisition from M6 Group of 100 per cent of the share capital of Mistergooddeal.com, one of France’s leading websites.
The purchase price…
Technologies Available to Reduce Fraud
WASHINGTON, 2014-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation told the Senate today that it’s time for an overhaul of the nation’s fraud-prone credit and debit card system, saying banks’ insistence on cards that use a signature instead of a Personal Identification Number puts merchants and their customers at risk. Indeed, card…
Special Dividend Declared; Dividend Payout Ratio Increased to 40%
GOME to “Build another GOME” with Open Supply Chain
Profit attributable to the owners of the parent company surged to RMB892 million, up 222.5% y-o-y
Sales revenue amounted to RMB56,401 million, up 10.4% y-o-y steadily
Consolidated gross profit margin remained at high level of 18.4%
Declaration of Special…
Wincor Nixdorf is further scaling the portfolio for Cash management in Retail
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf has extended the payment systems terminals by the MEI Banknote recycling system (BNR). Through this Wincor Nixdorf is able to offer a more scalable solution which can easily be adapted to customer demands.
“The decision by Wincor…
Hardware and software from Wincor Nixdorf
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Banco del Tesoro is extending its range of customer-friendly automated teller machine services. Venezuela’s third biggest public bank will be installing 200 new CINEO ATMs from Wincor Nixdorf by July of this year, doubling the number of systems in its ATM network and supporting…
BENTONVILLE, Ark., 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Walmart is giving the more than 110 million gamers across the U.S. a new way to unlock value in their current purchases and save even more when it comes to one of the fastest-growing forms of entertainment.
Starting Wednesday, March 26, customers will be able to trade in their video…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2014-3-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — NACS has issued a statement of position that encourages stores selling e-cigarettes to adopt, as a best practice, a policy of treating these products as age restricted and subjecting them to the same age-verification procedures as those applicable to tobacco products.
NACS’ position was developed by the association’s retail…
CUPERTINO, Calif., 2014-3-5 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today announced that Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the end of September. Luca Maestri, Apple’s vice president of Finance and corporate controller, will succeed Peter as CFO reporting to Apple CEO, Tim Cook. Peter will transition the CFO role to Luca in…
Leading Russian kiosk, e-wallet and prepaid card provider deployed full fraud prevention system in record five weeks
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-3-5 — /EPR Retail News/ — IRIS Analytics and its sales partner Wincor Nixdorf support QIWI, a leading Russian multichannel provider of next generation payment services, with the full fraud prevention system IRIS 5 in its fight against…
Woonsocket, R.I. 2014-2-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — MinuteClinic, a division of CVS Caremark Corporation and the largest and fastest growing retail clinic provider in the United States, announced today that it will switch to the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) called EpicCare. MinuteClinic currently uses its own proprietary EMR.
“EpicCare’s rich platform will allow us to continue…
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-2-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf is demonstrating at EuroShop 2014 how retail businesses can easily and cost-effectively implement new omnichannel and mobile strategies to drive sales and operation efficiency and enhance the customer experience. The company’s solutions increase employee efficiency and business performance to ultimately improve the shopping experience for customers throughout…
Strong peak trading and good progress in delivering our ‘Nouvelle Confiance’ strategic plan
London, UK, 2014-2-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Darty plc today announces an Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 November 2013 to date. Financial information is for the third quarter period from 1 November 2013 to 31 January 2014, based on unaudited management accounts.
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Washington, DC, US, 2014-2-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — The intersection of educational and entertaining was struck perfectly with the interactive Stencyl videogame program Wednesday in Washington D.C., said Geek Squad Agent Tavis Sellers.
The hundreds of teachers and policymakers at the expo couldn’t help but gravitate toward the Best Buy and Geek Squad booth at Digital Learning Day at the…
‘Digital Hub’ to open above Victoria store
Opportunities for key roles to work in the growing Digital team
Milton Keynes, UK, 2014-1-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Digital retailer Argos has opened an office in the heart of London with a focus on creating more agile and flexible ways of working and attracting new talent into the…
Apple posted record revenue of $57.6 billion for its fiscal 2014 1st quarter ended December 28, 2013
Cupertino, CA, US, 2014-1-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® today (January 27, 2014) announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 first quarter ended December 28, 2013. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $57.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion, or $14.50 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $54.5 billion and net…