sales and distribution in comment and analysis
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment He continued to manage bigger and bigger projects and was also seconded to logistics in 2002 to oversee the transition to a centralised distribution model. These tight relationships... [09 Oct 2008]
Jeff Bezos
AS Profile As one panellist put it: "[Bezos is] innovating beyond just sales of more products - ideas such as the Kindle can change the very nature of book distribution and consumption. Jeff Bezos,... [07 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Apple alienating App Store developers?
Comment According to Apple: "Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. At a time when the platform is enjoying rapid, organic growth... [16 Sep 2008]
eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment This decision is good news for brand owners but has significant implications for online commerce.eBay was also ordered to stop selling certain perfumes because it breached LVMH's selective distribution agreements - which... [01 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment For them the internet offers worldwide distribution, a low-cost sales channel and even access to the untapped potential of creative suppliers if you follow the model through to web 2.0... [31 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment It seems that the collective power of the majors is under threat as artists, using their own sales and marketing techniques, look for alternative distribution methods... [22 May 2008]
Indian IT outsourcers look ahead
Comment He went on to set out an agenda for the coming decade that included a national facility for registering land, a unified system for identifying each Indian citizen electronically, and distribution... [14 Feb 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment The content distribution specialist Akamai also has a geolocation product, EdgeScape. With web transactions taking a bigger share of overall sales for many companies, offering a personal, relevant... [09 Jan 2008]
Minority Report: 12 months that changed Apple
Comment This change of name had already happened in its marketing years ago but Apple was underlining its rise as a major player in markets other than computing: personal technology, media distribution and... [21 Dec 2007]
Bigger is not always better
Comment Banks still believe they must control all aspects of product development, creation, distribution and support. Banks' long sales cycles, complex legacy systems, demanding lines of... [02 Oct 2007]
Far from quiet on the virtual front
Comment These tools will similarly be rebranded as vConvertor, vOptimizer and vPackager and sold through Vizioncores's sales and distribution channel as part of... [05 Sep 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: BI to go mainstream?
Comment These factors have all played a part in limiting the full distribution of enterprise-wide business intelligence. This is supplemented by the requirement to analyse business performance through financial results,... [01 Dec 2006]
Minority Report: Will the iPhone save the iPod?
Comment Apple could simply sell the iPhone as a network-independent device through its existing sales channels, but it doesn't quite satisfy the Apple iTunes formula for providing an end-to-end solution for content... [10 Nov 2006]
Analysis: CRM - get involved
Comment Without links into other aspects of the business - finance, order processing, supply chain, distribution, complaints handling - the CRM system was just a glorified contact management application. It also stops CRM being... [23 May 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simple prescriptions for data headaches
Comment US-based Xythos has recently launched its web-based, WebDAV (Web-based Distribution, Authoring and Versioning) content management and collaboration platform in the UK with specialist IT... [05 Apr 2006]
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