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Amazon.com to take MP3 store worldwide

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Online retailer says it will begin an international roll-out this year of its digital music store. Online retailer Amazon.com said Sunday it will begin an international roll-out this year of its digital music store that offers songs without copy-protection technology known as digital rights management. Amazon…
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0 comments | Amazon.com Inc., Digital media, MP3, Digital Music, E-business/E-Commerce, Retail, Retail Company, Reuters, Personal Technology, CNET Networks Inc., Internet, Consumer electronics, Music |

Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Backup computer tape stored by an information protection and storage company is missing; customers of 230 retailers could be affected. A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney is missing, credit card issuer GE Money said on Friday. Richard…
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0 comments meister | Retail Company, Retail, Social Security, Government, Tape, General Electric Co., Privacy & data protection, CNET Networks Inc., Iron Mountain Inc., Reuters |

Sprint to cut 4,000 jobs

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Aiming to trim labor costs, Sprint also will close 8 percent of its company-owned stores, reduce outsourced services. Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, said on Friday it will cut about 4,000 jobs and close about 8 percent of its stores, predicting further pressure on…
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0 comments meister | Sprint Communications, Job, Wireless, Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It Operations, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Reuters, Marketing, Retail, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Sales |

Cell phones, virtual worlds morphing shopper ways

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

U.S. retailers need to adopt technological advances that have already changed shopper behavior across the globe, insiders say. Virtual worlds, mobile coupons, and bar-code readers on cell phones are the next technology wave U.S. chain stores must ride if they hope to stay competitive in the fast-changing world…
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0 comments | Phone, Cell Phone, U.S., Retail, Retail Company, Internet, Consumer electronics, Reuters |

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