Every new drummer has one concern in setting up a new drum kit. To do this, a drummer needs to take into consideration the musical style, their personal preference as well as what financial resources and transportation options are available to the drummer. Getting the drum kit together requires some...

With the British pound continuing to depreciate, Nintendo has announced that they will be increasing the price they offer the Nintendo Wii to UK retailers, who could pass the increase on to consumers. While the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in the United Kingdom will remain at £179.9...

Compete recently had the opportunity to speak with Kevin Ertell, a well known E-Business and Online Operations veteran. Most recently Kevin led the E-Business efforts at Borders and guided the highly successful launch of Borders.com. Prior to Borders Kevin was an SVP with Tower Records responsible f...

This week 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows we have recently seen. Today, let’s discuss the retail sector.   We are also including two food companies that have suffered along with the rest of the retail sector. Today’...

Pledge your smartphone loyalty to whatever brand you wish, but the fact of the matter remains that more and more people are leaving the Finnish juggernaut Nokia in favor of devices from RIM and Apple. During Q4 2008, Nokia’s overall market share fell from 50.9 percent to 40.8 percent and smart...

ROCKVILLE, MD (MARKET WIRE) MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Corn Prices To Hit The US Ethanol Market Hard," to their collection of Ethanol market reports. For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/redirect.asp?progid=67618&productid=2068194...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Family Dollar Stores (FDO) Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) competed on Tuesday in a contest that no company really wants to play: the Expectations Game. Things turned out pretty well for the famous seller of sports stuff (being that I'm no athlete, I ...

As commercial vacancies increase, cities are feeling the pain of lower tax revenues. read more...

Same-store sales at Neiman Marcus stores fell by 20.9% in February, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Total revenues dropped 19.7 percent to $232 million for the period, compared with $288 million for the four weeks ended Feb. 23, 2008. In the four-week February period, same-store sales in t...

Filed under: Editor's Picks, Switched Video SHOP HOP: In this new series, the Switched Video crew will be touring shops around the country in search of great gadgets and gear. For the first episode, we show up at AC Gears in New York City to sample some of its newer wares: AC Gears in New York City ...