Dealerscope Today : May 18, 2012

NYC’s Datavision Event Heralds Samsung Gaming PC Launch

Datavision, the PC and CE online retailer whose high-profile, single brick-and-mortar store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is in the path of an average of 11,000 pedestrians an hour, couched the retail launch of Samsung’s Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US gaming... more »

Walmart Profit Rises 10%

Walmart Thursday posted a first-quarter profit of $3.74 billion, up ten percent from the same period the year before, as sales rose 2.6 percent in its new stores.... more »

HP Eyes Restructuring, Job Cuts

From Gadgetell

Industry analysts are predicting some bad news for Hewlett-Packard as the company is expected to shed thousands of jobs. In order to cut costs and institute more efficient business practices, HP is expected to cut 25,000 corporate jobs over an... more »

Best Buy Drops iPhone 4 Price

Best Buy has become the latest retailer to drop the price of the iPhone 4 to $49.99, CNET reported. The change applies to all three major carriers.
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Walmart Announces Solar Projects

From HomeTechTell

Walmart is continuing its green energy initiatives with the announcement of 27 new solar arrays on its stores in Massachusetts.
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Almo Promotes Two Sales People

Almo Corp. announced this week that it has promoted two people on its East Coast sales team. Lenny Paul has been promoted to a strategic role within the product management group, while Jason Enelow has been promoted to Paul's previous... more »

iHome Debuts Colorful Speaker

iHome iP76 LED Color Changing Speaker Tower

iHome this week announced the launch of a new, color-changing speaker tower, the iP76 LED Color Changing Speaker Tower.... more »

T-Mobile to Debut Contract-Free Mobile Broadband Plans

From Gadgetell

If it is contract free mobile broadband that you are looking for, T-Mobile may have something for you. The carrier has just announced a few new “flexible and worry-free” 4G mobile broadband plans that come with no annual contracts. As... more »

JL Audio Promotes Gates

JL Audio announced Thursday that it has promoted Clare Gates to the position of vice president of finance. Gates was previously the company's controller.... more »

Samsung to Open First Canada Store

Samsung Electronics' Canadian arm announced that it will open its first retail store this summer. The store will open in Burnaby, B.C.... more »

Verizon Wireless Issues Official Statement Regarding the Unlimited Data Plans

From Gadgetell

We saw a bit of uproar yesterday in regards to Verizon Wireless preparing to begin pushing users off the grandfathered unlimited data plans. Just to recap, it is looking like Verizon will switch users from the unlimited 3G data plans... more »

Retail Excellence Award Nominations Are Open

It's time again for Dealerscope's Retail Excellence Awards search for the best retailers in the consumer electronics industry. We’re asking for your help in identifying the CE retailers that have showed the most success and innovation during the last 12... more »