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Amazon, Still The Amazon Of Shopping Sites This Holiday Season

Amazon.com , the nation's largest online retailer has stepped up its marketing efforts in response to the demand from post-Thanksgiving shoppers.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Marketing, Televisions, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Twilight

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Time

Zhu Zhu Mania: Why Hamster Toys Are Hit Christmas Gifts

You always figured that a rodent who drives his own car would be able to withstand the recession, right? As retailers ramp up for the all-important holiday shopping season, at least the toy stores know that have a hit on their hands.

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Related Topix: Hamsters, Pets, US Travel, Travel, Family, Kids, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Marketing

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Wal-Mart, Amazon warring over more than sales

Ali had Frazier. Coke has Pepsi. The Yankees have the Red Sox. Now Wal-Mart, the mightiest retail giant in history, might have met its own worthy adversary: Amazon.com. In what is emerging as one of the main story lines of the 2009 post-recession shopping season, the two heavyweight retailers are waging an online price war that is spreading through ...

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Related Topix: Amazon, Video Games, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Internet, Science / Technology

SlashGear.com

Kindle gets 85% wireless battery boost & PDF reader update

Amazon have announced a new firmware update for their Kindle ebook reader that can apparently boost battery life by up to 85-percent. With wireless connectivity turned on, the Kindle now runs for up to seven days rather than the previous four-day battery life; however the non-wireless runtimes are unchanged, suggesting the firmware applies to the ...

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail

Internet Retailer

Some e-retailers expect a strong surge in Thanksgiving weekend sales

Having already unleashed a flurry of deals, discounts and other incentives, web retailers are looking for strong sales the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Retail, Apparel, Household Products, Marketing, Amazon

PaidContent.org

Roku Plugs Content Store Into Its Set top Box

Roku is cracking open access to its Internet set-top device to third-party content providers - adding 10 partners to its "Channel Store" this week - as the company takes a page from Apple's iPhone App Store.

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Related Topix: Amazoncom, Retail, iPhone, Social Software

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Parents of Amazon founder donate $10M to research

The parents of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos are donating $10 million to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle for research into using the immune system to cure cancer.

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Related Topix: Amazon

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Internet Retailer

Online consumers give shout-outs to Macy's and Best Buy

Amazon.com Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. continue to be the most-talked about retailers in the online social realm, according to the monthly Zeta Buzz Top 25 Retail Standings Index, but Macy's Inc.

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Related Topix: Best Buy, Retail, Amazon, Wal Mart Stores, Amazoncom

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Puget Sound Business Journal

New Google book deal gets preliminary OK

A federal judge gave preliminary approval Thursday to the revised online book settlement between Google Inc.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Software, Microsoft, Seattle Metro

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Reuters

Barnes & Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed

Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays.

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Related Topix: Retail, Barnes and Noble

San Jose Business Journal

Palm Pixi price slashed 75% days after release

Prices on the Palm Pixi have been cut sharply only days after the went on sale. View Larger Wal-Mart Stores Co.

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Related Topix: Palm, Startups, Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail

Bloomberg Business News

Kindle, Sony Electronic Readers May Get Biggest Payoff From Textbook Sale

As Sony Corp. a s e-book devices vie with the Kindle to win over readers, the real showdown may come later: when a shift to electronic textbooks at schools threatens to eclipse the current market for the products.

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Related Topix: Amazoncom, Retail, Amazon, Forrester Research, Advertising, Telecom, Corning, Electronics, Cambridge, MA

Earth Times

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: NeurogesX, Sears Holdings, ...

Zacks Equity Research highlights NeurogesX as the Bull of the Day and Sears Holdings the Bear of the Day.

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Related Topix: Startups, NeurogesX, Healthcare Industry, Retail, Target, Wal Mart Stores, Amazoncom

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Freshnews

Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is Amazon Music's Largest Global CD Pre-Order

Amazon.com, Inc. , today announced that Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail, Media, Music

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Reuters

Walmart.com touts pricing clout for holidays

Walmart.com will pull no punches in its quest to win market share this holiday season, introducing 97-cent shipping on electronics and offering daily discounts the week after Thanksgiving, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Amazoncom, Amazon

Reuters

Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada

U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, in Canada.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail

Internet Retailer

Amazon will certify manufacturers' packaging as easy to open

A year after launching its Frustration-Free Packaging program, Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it will begin certifying items from manufacturers as easy to open, giving suppliers that pass the test the right to mark their packages 'Certified Frustration-Free.' "Wrap rage is real," says Nadia Shouraboura, vice president of global fulfillment ...

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Business

Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Computers, Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail

National Post

Kindle book reader now available in Canada

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com Inc., shows a Kindle in Cupertino, California, Oct.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail, Cupertino, CA

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Money Morning

Buy, Sell or Hold: Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) Has Been a Boon to...

We have been front-running many very positive catalysts since I first recommended buying Amazon.com Inc.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazoncom, Retail, Financial Markets, Music Players, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

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