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Palm to close down all US retail storefronts
Tuesday 29 January 2008 – 09:50 in Business
All of Palm's 34 retail locations, including 26 within US airports, will be shut down in the coming months as the mobile device manufacturer faces continuing sales declines.
Microsoft shows off retail packaging for Vista, Office 07
Tuesday 31 October 2006 – 07:20
Retail packaging has never been anything special for previous versions of Microsoft's market-dominating operating system and business application suites of software, but Microsoft is changing that convention with the packaging for Office 2007 and its Vista operating system.
Toshiba and Lenovo increase presence in retail stores
Tuesday 11 April 2006 – 06:02
Toshiba today announced a new tablet PC that will be sold through retail outlets in the US. The Portege M405-S8003 will be available in only one configuration, but carries a substantially lower price than comparable tablet PCs currently offered on Toshiba's website. Also, Lenovo announced to make Thinkpad notebooks available at BestBuy.
Apple retail offering $59 iPod battery replacements
Friday 8 July 2005 – 07:21
iPod owners experiencing poor battery life with an existing iPod can bring the player to an Apple-owned retail store for testing.
Vista delivers: U.S. PC retail sales jump 67%
Thursday 8 February 2007 – 10:05
We may not have seen tent cities forming in from of Best Buy in the week before the launch of Windows Vista, but first market reports indicate that the operating system made a huge splash in U.S. retail. Compared to the same week of 2006, PC unit numbers were up more than 60%, revenue surged more than 50%.

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Analysis: Retail prices of AMD processors continue decline*
Saturday 3 February 2007 – 06:50
AMD's processor prices remain under severe pressure: Caught between Intel's outgoing Pentium D series on the low end and the Core 2 Duo series on the high end, the X2 Athlons remain vulnerable to market shifts and Intel's supply strategy. Anyone intending to build a Vista PC on a budget should begin having a closer look at AMD.
Launch of 65 nm CPUs rings in new round of AMD retail price drops*
Friday 8 December 2006 – 11:35
Last week, news of the unveiling of AMD's Quad FX platform coincided with prices for virtually all of the company's existing processors decreasing. This week, the company introduced its first 65 nm X2 processors, which caused average retail prices to slip across the board.
Analysis: AMD mainstream CPU prices hit record lows in U.S. retail*
Monday 5 March 2007 – 04:57
Following a later than expected launch of the Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and 6000+ processors, prices of AMD's mainstream CPUs have dropped to levels lower than we've seen over the past 21 weeks. AMD is in a critical phase where it needs to stabilize its processor prices and maintain competitiveness with Intel at the same time.
Second Hand Smoke - Retail Millstone*
Friday 18 June 1999 – 06:00
Retail channels are a dangerous play for manufacturers so, will 3dfx's successful launch of Voodoo 3 in April pay off? It came with a big price tag, and none of the company's competitors have risen to the challenge so far, seemingly without any fear of the repercussions.