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Harrods to get own Apple Store
Swanky London concession 20 January 2012 14:46 GMT TweetHarrods, the London superstore for the super rich and/or super swanky, is to get its own Apple Store. According to sources at Harrods Company, the new concession will be situated inside the world famous department store and feature pretty much everything...
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Asda sells digital camera for £14
Strictly for the kiddies, mind 4 January 2012 13:57 GMT TweetAsda is selling what it claims to be Britain's cheapest digital camera. At £14, it certainly sounds like a bargain, but we doubt you'll want to go on holiday with one... Unless you're a kiddie, that is.
The cameras on offer are from a Disney...
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Google Chrome Zone: First Google shop opens in London
Following Apple into retail 1 October 2011 0:57 GMT TweetGoogle has opened its first retail store within a store on London’s gadget street, Tottenham Court Road.
The new store within a store, first pioneered by Apple before it started opening shops of its own, has opened in the PC World/Currys...
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Has the web finally killed the High Street?
Government employs Mary Portas to see 16 May 2011 16:58 GMT TweetHas online retail destroyed your High Street? Are there boarded up premises that used to house your local shops? And when was the last time you carried a big purchase home rather than having it sent direct to your door?
These are the sorts...
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Online Christmas shopping to hit £537 million in a day
It's just another Manic Monday 29 November 2010 10:23 GMT TweetForget about Black Friday, it's time for Manic Monday - the busiest online shopping day of the year, in which £537 million is expected to be spent online.
Visa Europe has stated that more money is forked out on e-retail stores on the Monday...
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TalkTalk launches Soho "Customer Experience Centre"
With sofas and free Wi-Fi for its subscribers 19 April 2010 17:17 GMT TweetTalkTalk has taken the unusual step of buying up some real estate in London and turning it into what the company is calling a "Customer Experience Centre". In plain English, that translates to a free Wi-Fi equipped lounge that only customers have access...
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Microsoft stores will have resident geeks
Now hiring 12 August 2009 2:06 GMT TweetMicrosoft has confirmed that it will have resident geeks in its retail stores following a job posting on a Microsoft personnel site.
Although the company has yet to give the Retail Technical Advisor a funky name like Apple with its Geniuses,... -
New Microsoft retail logo one for square fans
To be used on stores across the globe 10 August 2009 22:11 GMT TweetMicrosoft has filed a trademark for a new logo it plans to spread across the world with its retail stores.
Designed on the theme of the Windows flag, the new square logo will feature the familiar four colours; red, green, blue and yellow... -
Microsoft starts work on Windows retail stores
Scottsdale and Mission Viejo work begins 7 August 2009 22:44 GMT TweetMicrosoft has started building its first retail stores in the US Scottsdale Arizona and Mission Viejo, California.
The two Microsoft retail stores will be the first of a promised many as the company tries to emulate Apple's success with the... -
Orange opens "Community Store" in Wales
Coffee mornings planned 23 July 2009 12:58 GMT TweetOrange has announced the launch of three new retail formats that it says could "change Orange’s retail presence on the high street".
As the first Orange HMV concessions opened up across the country, the new store formats include a "Community...