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RSS salesViglen switches to services as PC sales falter
News According to chairman, Alan Sugar, corporate PC sales dropped 6 per cent on last year, while public sector sales fell 4 per cent. Amstrad spin-off, Viglen, is to concentrate on network and software... [25 Sep 1998]
Cabletron sees profits slip away
News Net sales fell slightly to $370.6m from $371.3m. Cabletron Systems has released results for the second quarter of its 1999 financial year. Profits fell to $14.6m, compared to $57.6m for the same quarter last year. [22 Sep 1998]
Chips crisis continues as NEC takes tumble
News Massive oversupply and weak PC sales have had a dramatic impact on the semiconductor industry. Industry analysts recently predicted that sales would fall by at least 20 per cent this year before moving... [21 Sep 1998]
Small firms get direct marketing Web advice
News I want one central point for SMEs who want to improve their marketing and sales, without the expense of hiring an expert. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is to launch an online service showing small businesses... [18 Sep 1998]
EasyJet to open Net café chain
News Tony Anderson, EasyJet's head of sales and marketing, will run the company. Budget airline, EasyJet, is to start a chain of Internet cafes across London under the brand EasyCafe. The company aims to have the first one... [17 Sep 1998]
In brief: Ovum advises call centres to focus on software
News A report titled 'Ovum Evaluates: Call centre software', claims worldwide sales will reach a revenue of $3.1bn by 2003, driven by companies' need for customer services to retain and increase customers. [17 Sep 1998]
In brief: ITU ratifies modem standard
News Lisa Pelgrim, senior analyst at research house Dataquest, claimed users would be better protected by the standard and predicted an increase in sales in the last quarter of the year. The International Telecommunications... [16 Sep 1998]
In brief: Bay Networks launches online sales
News Bay Networks is to launch an ecommerce site on the Web, in competition with its rival, Cisco. The company announced that it would continue to sell equipment through its channel partners, but commentators are sceptical whether it will be... [14 Sep 1998]
Research claims SET is past its sell-by date
News There are negligible cases of fraud in online sales, and as the market grows, they will not increase, because the sophisticated users are already online. Jupiter Communications last week advised vendors of ecommerce... [14 Sep 1998]
Toshiba sees profits slide
News Toshiba has radically altered its fiscal predictions, slashing $1.1bn off sales for the fiscal year, $223m off recurring profit and $156m off Net income. This is why sales have been affected so badly,... [13 Sep 1998]
FTC bans man from ecommerce
News If it does, the FTC has the right to monitor Hare's use of the Internet, to make sure he is steering clear of online sales. A man has been banned from running electronic commerce operations for life by the US Federal... [11 Sep 1998]
In brief: Matsushita becomes latest chip firm to close plant
News Meanwhile, the Semiconductor Industry Association has issued a report which shows year-on-year worldwide sales of semiconductors have fallen by 17 per cent. Matsushita is to close it's US semiconductor plant based in... [10 Sep 1998]
China enjoys PC boom
News Sales of PCs in China will be worth $19.2m this year, with 4.25 million units shipped - a 40 per cent growth from last year. The estimates come from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, which also claims... [07 Sep 1998]
In brief: European Telecom issues profit warning
News The company said sales from its Asian, African and Middle Eastern divisions - which previously accounted for 37 per cent of its income - have fallen well below target. European mobile phone distributor, European Telecom... [07 Sep 1998]
Mori poll shows Internet business benefits
News Duke expected future growth segments to include marketing and business-to-consumer sales, as Web infrastructure develops and the rate of public access to the Internet increases. Mori released research this morning which... [04 Sep 1998]
