Dell’s Growing Retail Sales Channel: So What?
China Tech News reports:
According to Min Yida, president of Dell Greater China, Dell has 1,800 direct shops in China and the company hopes to increase the number to 3,000 by the end of 2008.
Min is quoted by local media as saying that Dell has done a lot to change its business model over the last [...]
Microsoft: We’re Not Abnormal, We’re on Sale
Trading Markets reports:
Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT)’s Office 2007 will be sold at half prices in the company’s online stores and franchised stores in China from July 1, 2008.
It is the second unilateral price change of the computer technology giant after it sold Windows XP operating systems at half prices through distributors like Beijing Federal Software [...]
Taobao: Let the Sales Platform Beware
Pacific Epoch reports:
Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer (C2C) site Taobao.com is being required by a subsidiary of the Hangzhou Industrial and Commercial Administration to regulate product sales, reports Today Morning Express. The regulations will mainly focus on food, cosmetics, diet medicine and medical instruments, according to the report. Taobao received 200 complaints, largely related to these products, within [...]
Oracle in China: Kiss My SaaS
The South China Morning Post reports:
Oracle Corp, the world’s largest enterprise software supplier, has launched its CRM On Demand Release 15 and Mobile Sales Assistant for BlackBerry products on the mainland, a move it hopes will improve the productivity of customer sales teams.
“We are widening the functionality gap over competing solutions to grow our market [...]
Apple: When Cracking is Loving
Computer Reseller News reports:
After announcing its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, Apple COO Tim Cook told analysts and investors that the company expects to hit its target and sell 10 million iPhones this year, and that unlocked iPhones are just evidence of the phone’s popularity.
“We’re confident on hitting the 10 million for the year,” said [...]