Verizon is streamlining operations and reducing the number of physical touchpoints at its retail location in an effort to increase the safety of visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company calls the approach Touchless Retail. The first element of Verizon…
AT&T call centers and fifty-plus AT&T stores serving northern New England will now have a new offering – Consolidated Communications’ broadband internet service. The additional sales channel “nicely complements our online ordering channels,” said Rob Koester, vice president of product…
A new FreedomPop Target deal will make FreedomPop’s free wireless service available in Target retail stores. Beginning today, Target shoppers can purchase a $4.99 SIM or a select Android handset starting at just $59 with free mobile service from FreedomPop,…
AT&T Wi-Fi network connections continue to increase sharply, exceeding 2.7 billion in 2012, more than double that for 2011. AT&T has more than 32,000 Wi-Fi Hot Spot locations up and running around the country, according to a February 26 press…
Retail sales of consumer electronics (CE) technology fell for the second year running in 2012, declining 2% to nearly $143 billion following a drop of less than 1% in 2011, according to The NPD Group. Sales of consumer tech for…
Twenty-three percent of total clicks originated from smartphones and tablets in 4Q 2012, an 89% year-over-year (YoY) increase, according to the latest quarterly State of Paid Search report from The Search Agency, a global online marketing firm. “With ongoing advancements…
Desktop and laptop PCs continue to be the main vehicle, but use of tablets for holiday e-commerce is on the rise, which means it will be important for retailers “to present a consistent experience across all channels to meet consumer…
The widely recognizable Blockbuster brand along with most of its corporate assets now belong to DISH Network who purchased it out of bankruptcy with a winning bid of approximately $320 million. DISH reports the final transaction should cost them about…
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and wireless operator Clearwire today confirmed speculation that Best Buy would use Clearwire’s 4G network to offer mobile Internet service to customers beginning in 2011. The offering will essentially be a new 4G tier for…
Best Buy confirmed the launch of Best Buy Connect, a mobile broadband service they will offer beginning July 11th. Best Buy Connect is the latest addition to Best Buy’s ‘digitally connected world’ strategy which they say offers a growing portfolio…
RoxioNow Platform to Provide Instant Access to Movies on Home and Mobile Electronics Sold at Sears and Kmart Stores NOVATO, CA (June 22, 2010) – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Sears Holdings…
Partnering with Best Buy in time for the summer, Clearwire Corp. announced today a nationwide retail expansion for embedded WiMAX 4G mobile broadband in laptops and netbooks at all Best Buy outlets nationwide. Portable computers with the Intel Core processor,…
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