Albertsons Completes Chain-Wide Installation of DVD Rental Kiosks

Albertson’s, LLC has completed the deployment of Coinstar’s RedBox DVD rental kiosks at all 248 of its locations across the country, with the installation of units at 116 locations in Arizona, Florida and New Mexico.

Orange shop-in-shop heading for HMV stores.

Orange and HMV are teaming up to promote Orange products and services via store-in-store units in HMV stores.

High Street Retailers push towards Digital Distribution

High Street Retailers are now taking the steps and expanding their digital sales services to customers in preparation for the future. Metaboli’s Paul Howes believes that these steps are becoming pretty common now in the expected shift over to digital distribution within the next few years.
As reported by  GI.Biz, Paul Howes thinks that big UK [...]

PVR to add 50 screens in 2009-10.

Multiplex chain operator PVR plans to spend Rs 100 crore in the fiscal 2009-10 for building 50 screens and two bowling alleys.

Google launches Google Voice telecom service

Internet search giant Google is edging into the telecommunications sector by releasing a new application that will transform voicemail messages into text-based emails.
The service is currently available to United States users of a Google-owned telephone service called GrandCentral, which was acquired by the group in July 2007.
GrandCentral customers are provided with a single phone number [...]

Virgin Megastores to pull out of US

Los Angeles: Virgin Megastores, the music and lifestyle retailer, is pulling out of the US, closing its six stores across the country over the next few months.
The decision by Virgin, which has been in the country since 1995, represents the latest blow to music stores. Tower Records shut down in 1996, leaving Wal-Mart as the [...]

Singapore unveils £42m plan on tourism

Singapore Tourism Board is embarking on a £42 million initiative to encourage tourism.
The BOOST (Building on Opportunities to Strengthen Tourism) campaign aims to increase travel to Singapore and will include tactical marketing campaigns developed in collaboration with tourism industry partners.
A “2009 Reasons toEnjoy Singapore” year-long global marketing campaign is part of the promotional push and [...]

World’s First 3D Monitor now available in Retail Stores

SAN DIEGO, CA — (Marketwire) — iZ3D Inc., designer, developer and pioneer of advanced stereoscopic 3D visualization systems, is pleased to announce that it’s popular 22-inch 3D monitor display system has leapt off the screens of online e-tailers into the real world of brick and mortar retail stores.
iZ3D’s gaming display products are now being offered [...]

National Geographic opened its first Asian store in Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – National Geographic opened its first Asian store in Singapore this week, saying it was drawn to the gateway city to tap growing overseas travel by people in the region.
“In Asia, Singapore is arguably a country where Asians and the rest of the world gather, with many nationalities and cultures living alongside each [...]

Amazon.com launches new Artist Stores

Online retailer Amazon.com has launched over 100,000 new Artist Stores on its website featuring comprehensive artist content, including full album discographies, CDs, DRM-free MP3s and vinyl catalog selection along with community features like artist images, artist biographies and related products.
Amazon.com has said that the new artist stores serve as one-stop destinations for all things related [...]