Articles on Retail

Early plans for Microsoft store leaked - Jul 27, 2009

Crave Microsoft confirmed late on Friday that store plans posted on Gizmodo are genuine, but represent the company's early thinking and that no final decisions have been made on how the company's ... Read story »

TANGS to open store in Second Life - Dec 23, 2008

Crave Remember the virtual world Second Life? We don't blame you if you don't, but Singapore retailer TANGS apparently hasn't forgotten about it and the company's virtual store will open its ... Read story »

Same old, same old PC fair - Apr 4, 2009

Blogs Every year Brunei sees at least four so-called "computer exhibitions" and every year it does the same thing: Over-glorified events for local retailers to sell their wares. Now, that's not necessarily ... Read story »

Flat-panel TV shipments begin their decline - Nov 13, 2008

Crave One of the hottest products in consumer electronics is finally cooling off. A report released recently confirms that flat-panel television shipments to retailers are beginning to tail off. Specifically, LCD and ... Read story »

Dell partners with Courts superstore - Nov 1, 2007

Crave Dell built its business as an online PC distributor. Recently, it altered its strategy and worked deals with major retail chains in the US, China, Russia and Japan to sell its ... Read story »

Concept stores seem to be the order of the day for tech companies - Sep 7, 2009

Blogs Establishing concept stores seems to be the order of the day for most IT companies here in the Philippines. Just for the year 2009, more than 10 companies have opened their ... Read story »

Philips Tapster won't hit retail stores - Nov 5, 2009

Crave Philips' sleek and unique stereo Bluetooth headset, dubbed the Tapster for its slick touch-sensitive controls, garnered early praise from press and even took home an iF Product Design Award. Sadly, ... Read story »

Livescribe Pulse digital pen gets 4GB memory - Oct 20, 2009

Crave The new 4GB pen looks much like this older version, and comes in black or silver. Livescribe said that it is adding a higher-capacity 4GB model to its lineup of ... Read story »

A bummer of a deal installing Windows 7 on my ThinkPad X61 - Oct 22, 2009

Blogs Well, I bought my copy of Windows 7, basically a move from being black to gray, legal-wise. Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Haha, I thought, why would anybody buy a 32-bit version? ... Read story »

Finally! A menacing-looking Wii gun attachment - Mar 16, 2009

Crave This is not the first Wii gun attachment in the market and definitely not the last we'll see. But the Dark Ops Wii Light Gun from Cobalt Flux sure looks ... Read story »

Black or white: Wii now offers a cool black option - Jul 14, 2009

Crave It looks like Darth Vadar has set upon the family-friendly Wii with this menacing-looking black model. This new kit will be "invading" Japan on August 1 and is currently on ... Read story »

BenQ's latest HDTV is a pretty humble 42-incher - Dec 2, 2009

Crave Are you surprised that BenQ is still manufacturing HDTVs? Though the Taiwanese company has withdrawn from this segment in most Asian countries, it's still active in its home turf and ... Read story »

USB 3.0 harddisk to reach retail status in November - Sep 29, 2009

Crave With all the hype surrounding eSATA as the next-generation connector, it's almost too easy to forget that the ubiquitous USB has also undergone an upgrade. The third version of the standard--USB ... Read story »

HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje launches in Singapore - Nov 6, 2009

Crave If you have been eyeing the latest fashion Netbook from HP, the wait is over. The Palo Alto company is retailing the HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje exclusively through StarHub's ... Read story »

Samsung whips out a 65-inch LCD HDTV - Sep 11, 2009

Crave Is a 55-inch screen just not big enough for you? Don't worry, Samsung's riding to the rescue with its largest flat-screen to date: The 65-inch LN65B650. In terms of features, ... Read story »

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