The small jam set to drive big sales

Premier Foods, the UK’s number one food manufacturer, is launching a new range of conveniently sized 250g Hartley’s jam that looks set to drive even more fruitful sales for the fastest growing jam brand.

Giant Eagle’s beer requests worry Western Pennsylvania outlets Buzz up!

Giant Eagle is bringing the battle over supermarket beer sales to the Pittsburgh region, with a plan to sell six-packs from restaurants inside some of its stores.

Rural India: Glitter in times of gloom.

In 2008, the rural areas grew at a robust rate of 25 per cent as compared to 10 per cent growth in urban retail market According to a McKinsey, rural India, would become bigger than the total consumer market in countries such as South Korea or Canada in another twenty years.

Aditya Birla Nuvo plans more Linen Club outlets

Aditya Birla group retail subsidiary Aditya Birla Nuvo is planning to open 20 more showrooms of its premium fabric brand ‘Linen Club’.

E-tailing for Success.

This article discusses the benefits of e-commerce as a retail option in a recessionary economy, and lists effective strategies when adopting an online medium that could result in growth for a retailer.

Intel launches Xeon Processor 5500 series

Intel has introduced 17 enterprise-class processors led by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.
Previously codenamed Nehalem-EP, the processor 5500 improves system speed and includes the Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, integrated power gates and Next-Generation Intel Virtualisation Technology (VT).
Software vendors currently supporting the series-based platform, include Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, [...]

Future Group launches new prepaid card program for shopping

Future Group has successfully launched its new prepaid card program in Pune and Kolkata. Customers receive a discount on every load of their Prepaid Card and can use their balance to purchase merchandise across all Future Group outlets.
The program is seeing rapid adoption by consumers, driving sales lift and locking in revenue for Future Group.
Pine [...]

Lenovo launches ThinkStation S20 and D20

Australia: Lenovo has unveiled two workstations, the                                              ThinkStation S20 and D20.
It also has an e-commerce platform, the Lenovo         eLounge, to give customers an interactive way to       experience computing solutions online.
“Designers, engineers, developers and scientists require the highest levels in computing performance to help them produce breakthrough innovations,” said, Matthew Steele director, Server and [...]

Tata Nano hits India’s used-car market

MUMBAI — The impending launch of the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, has hit both demand and prices in India’s second-hand vehicle market, a report said Wednesday.
Dealers in Mumbai said prices had fallen by 15 to 20 percent, particularly for many smaller used cars like the Maruti 800, Maruti Alto and Hyundai Santro, according [...]

UK: Google launches Street View mapping service

UK: Google’s mapping service Street View, which stitches together live photos showing Britain’s streets, has been launched in the UK.
The internet search giant first rolled out the service in the US two years ago, and has been expanding its mapping to other countries, including Japan, France, Canada and Ireland.
The 3D images are captured by special [...]