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Verizon Touchless Retail Aims to Protect Customers Amid Pandemic
Verizon is streamlining operations and reducing the number of physical touchpoints at its retail location in an effort to increase the safety of visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company calls the approach Touchless Retail.…
AT&T to Resell Consolidated Internet in Northern New England, Consolidated Exec Explains Why
AT&T call centers and fifty-plus AT&T stores serving northern New England will now have a new offering – Consolidated Communications’ broadband internet service. The additional sales channel “nicely complements our online ordering channels,” said Rob…
Target to Begin Marketing ‘Free’ Wireless Plans Through FreedomPop Partnership
A new FreedomPop Target deal will make FreedomPop’s free wireless service available in Target retail stores. Beginning today, Target shoppers can purchase a $4.99 SIM or a select Android handset starting at just $59 with…
AT&T Wi-Fi Connections Surge
AT&T Wi-Fi network connections continue to increase sharply, exceeding 2.7 billion in 2012, more than double that for 2011. AT&T has more than 32,000 Wi-Fi Hot Spot locations up and running around the country, according…
NPD: CE Sales Decline for 2nd Year Running
Retail sales of consumer electronics (CE) technology fell for the second year running in 2012, declining 2% to nearly $143 billion following a drop of less than 1% in 2011, according to The NPD Group.…
Report: Smartphones & Tablets Account for Nearly 25% of Clicks
Twenty-three percent of total clicks originated from smartphones and tablets in 4Q 2012, an 89% year-over-year (YoY) increase, according to the latest quarterly State of Paid Search report from The Search Agency, a global online…
Survey: 44% of Mobile On-Line Holiday Shoppers Plan to Use Tablets
Desktop and laptop PCs continue to be the main vehicle, but use of tablets for holiday e-commerce is on the rise, which means it will be important for retailers “to present a consistent experience across…
DISH Buys Blockbuster Out of Bankruptcy
The widely recognizable Blockbuster brand along with most of its corporate assets now belong to DISH Network who purchased it out of bankruptcy with a winning bid of approximately $320 million. DISH reports the final…
Best Buy to Sell Clearwire 4G WiMAX Service
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and wireless operator Clearwire today confirmed speculation that Best Buy would use Clearwire’s 4G network to offer mobile Internet service to customers beginning in 2011. The offering will essentially be…
Best Buy Jumps into Mobile Broadband Arena
Best Buy confirmed the launch of Best Buy Connect, a mobile broadband service they will offer beginning July 11th. Best Buy Connect is the latest addition to Best Buy’s ‘digitally connected world’ strategy which they…
Sears, Kmart to Begin Offering Movie Downloading Service
RoxioNow Platform to Provide Instant Access to Movies on Home and Mobile Electronics Sold at Sears and Kmart Stores NOVATO, CA (June 22, 2010) – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) today announced it has entered into…
Clearwire Makes Retail Push for WiMAX With Best Buy
Partnering with Best Buy in time for the summer, Clearwire Corp. announced today a nationwide retail expansion for embedded WiMAX 4G mobile broadband in laptops and netbooks at all Best Buy outlets nationwide. Portable computers…