South African online retail is turning into a healthy and attractive business as more consumers access broadband and become more comfortable with online shopping, internet research firm World Wide Worx reported on Monday. By the end of this year, online spending on retail goods is expected to have grown by more than 35%.
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/ 25 September 2007
Microsoft began its midnight sales of Halo 3, the acclaimed alien shooter game that it hopes will widen its lead over Sony in the battle for industry dominance. Microsoft is backing the game with a marketing blitz that includes celebrity-studded sales events at about 10 000 retailers across the United States.
Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple’s iPhone, a music- and video-playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry. Just after dawn, nearly 200 people were waiting outside Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City for the device.
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/ 30 January 2007
Microsoft rolled out Windows Vista at retailers in 70 countries on Tuesday, delivering a new computer operating system that aims to manage the explosion of digital media better and protect users from the dangers of the internet. The world’s biggest software maker marked the launch with a marketing blitz.