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8) the launch of its new Business Gold Card, which comes with four times Membership Rewards points on the top two categories that the business spends the most on each month. purchases made directly from select technology providers of computer hardware, software and cloud solutions; U.S. American Express announced on Thursday (Nov.

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The company is said to have had difficulty getting a foothold in the category of smartwatches as Samsung Electronics Co and Apple Inc. The news comes as Fitbit has debuted a $10 monthly premium subscription service in a shift away from hardware and toward content.

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Ace Hardware , looking to level up its eCommerce game, has announced news that it acquired a majority stake in The Grommet. Ace [Hardware] has been doing it for 93 years, and we’ve been doing it for just under nine years,” said Jules Pieri, who co-founded The Grommet with Joanne Domeniconi. in a statement.

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The acquisition excludes the company’s hardware products. Pebble’s hardware will cease to exist with the deal. According to Fitbit , with Android usage accounting for nearly 90 percent of smartphone OS market share globally, the ability to deliver cross-platform devices is a key competitive advantage in the wearables category. “As

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His job will involve the new “Alexa Gadget” category. When he worked at Disney, Laughlin oversaw apps and hardware for Lucasfilm and Disney games. As long as there are existence proofs in each of the categories,” he said, consumers will figure it out.

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Google unveiled Chromecast with Google TV at its annual hardware event Wednesday (Sept. Last December, Google introduced a new tool to allow users to add TV shows and movies to categories for things they’ve watched and want to watch. 30), the company announced in a blog post. Users can also ask Google to search for movies and TV shows.

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million USD) in 36 hours for the premium smartphone brands category. Flipkart, owned by Walmart, said all major categories — including beauty, baby care, private labels and furniture — saw double-digit sales growth from a year ago in the first day. The sales launched on Saturday (Sept. 28) and will end on Oct. billion rupees ($7.07

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.” According to IDC, software will be the largest and fastest-growing category through the forecast period, accounting for around 40 percent of all cognitive and AI spending. Hardware will be the second biggest spending category until late in the forecast period, when IT support and business services will surpass it, predicted IDC.

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MAY 19, 2020

To bring about the next generation of service-oriented and software-defined automobiles, computing solutions provider GuardKnox has rolled out a new category on the worldwide vehicle supply chain called the Cybertech Tier. In 2019, GuardKnox announced that it had notched $21 million in a Series A funding round.

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While details are hazy, some are speculating the delay has to do with an upcoming Niantic hardware development: its own wearable tech device called Evolution. Niantic’s first wearable hardware model is slated to contain the augmented reality offering called Ingress, the game on which Pokemon Go is based.

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MAY 10, 2017

New data that has rolled out over the past few weeks indicates that, across categories such as home improvement and tools and outdoor, home appliances and sporting goods, U.S. Though often seen as an Amazon-proof industry, the old-fashioned American hardware store is not untouchable,” said Nathan Rigby, VP, One Click Retail.

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The potential product is a high priority for the company and its Lab126 hardware division, according to Bloomberg’s sources. Earbuds are one of the fastest-growing category of wearables , with 12.5 They will look like AirPods, but Amazon is reportedly aiming for better audio quality. They will be available in either black or gray.

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However, other categories that might have once been considered insulated from the spread of eCommerce are now its biggest sellers. According to data from comScore obtained by Re/code , clothing was the top-selling product category for three out of the four quarters in 2015. billion at that. billion at that. billion, $11.8

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Diving deep into that topic, the April 2020 Buy Now Pay Later Tracker® , done in collaboration with Afterpay , documents how fitness is shaping up to be a strong BNPL category. It is for these reasons that we see buy now, pay later solutions being so rapidly adopted across the fitness market and almost all retail categories.”.

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CompuCom sells IT services to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB), and helps them procure, install and manage the hardware and software. . Planned capital investment for this year wasn’t mentioned, but Smith said Office Depot’s growth strategy includes moving its product categories beyond paper and ink cartridges.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Businesses can access services developed by Amazon as well as other third-party service providers across 13 categories, including accounting and tax, inventory management, eCommerce solution services and others. Reports in the Economic Times of India on Monday (Aug.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

The company’s solutions deal with both the hardware and software components of IoT security, leaving clients free to innovate by placing the responsibility of halting a breach on BlackBerry. The solution relies on the Gemalto “eSim,” tying security to the hardware of the device.

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The Mastercard’s pilot biometric technology , on the other hand, if widely adopted, would require more intensive widespread hardware and software updates. This card was useable in transaction terminals that accepted Visa cards, so no new POS systems were needed.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

.” Last month, Fitbit acquired Pebble’s key personal and intellectual property related to software and firmware development, but the acquisition excluded the company’s hardware products. Pebble’s hardware will cease to exist with the deal.

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While we experienced sales declines across a number of our categories during the quarter, these trends are consistent with what we have historically observed towards the end of a hardware cycle,” CFO Jim Bell said about the dip. Shares in the company fell 15 percent on Tuesday (Sept. 10) after the company reported the losses.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Items sold by vendors on Apollo Box’s marketplace span categories from jewelry and apparel, home décor, toys, gizmos and more. The goal is to have 25 percent of its total product inventory, particularly in its lifestyle and home décor categories, available to view in AR within the next six months.

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Consider the fact that Cook shone the spotlight, specifically, on iPhone sales tied to China, along with other hardware. In fact, categories outside of iPhone (Services, Mac, iPad, Wearables/Home/Accessories) combined to grow almost 19 percent year-over-year. and the signs have been there for a while.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Other than the iPhone miss, notably, much of the rest of Apple’s hardware came in ahead of expectations. Apple does not break out specific figures for the Apple Watch, but its category of Wearable, Home and Accessories saw sales tick up 20 percent year-on-year. That came in above analyst estimates of $7.93

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

As reported, Apple’s roughly $10 billion services business (that’s a quarterly rate) depends on the base that has been among the enthusiastic adopters of hardware, and would ostensibly be among the enthusiastic software/service users. The installed base, as noted in this space early last month, tops 1.3

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Apple, Samsung, and LG have maintained a strong footing in the phablet category. Google’s new offerings — Daydream and Project Tango — may allow for enhanced cases and experiences related to hardware. The cross between a tablet and phone, the phablet, has already gained traction over the past two years.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Hardware, home improvement and gardening supply retailers are among those benefiting from consumer spending during the pandemic. Lowe’s witnessed an uptick in almost every category, with customers tackling old projects they never finished or beginning entirely new ones, according to Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

PYMNTS annually tracks the sign-up processes offered by digital subscription service providers in more than 10 verticals, from publishing and entertainment to consumer goods and eCommerce, to the Internet of Things, hardware and beyond. A higher score indicates a smoother checkout process that a consumer is more likely to complete.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

The monthly Tracker examines what companies are doing across the IoT landscape and, more specifically, in several categories, including: data, devices, infrastructure, payments, security and software. Verizon and competitor, AT&T, have worked out deals with multiple carmakers for IoT-related services.

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Still, even with the push to expand online sales more broadly, there have been certain categories that were largely considered ‘eCommerce immune.’ Across categories such as home improvement and tools and outdoor, home appliances and sporting goods, U.S. ’ The use of the past tense should signal what comes next.

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APRIL 22, 2016

Clothing and accessories outsold computer hardware online for the first time ever, according to a new report. As of 2015, customer dropped $51.1 billion in eCommerce purchases of apparel and fashion accessories as opposed to the $49.9 billion consumers spent computers and computer parts and accessories. percent.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Products will include everything from kitchen, dining and entertaining to bed and bath textiles, room décor, stationery and hardware. The new Anthropologie Home collection will be available starting March 19.

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Outside of ad, the Google Other segment got a bit of attention this time around — the catch-all category includes its cloud-computing platform, hardware sales such as the Pixel phones and Google Home speakers, as well as revenue from its Play Store. Collectively, Other brought in $4.64 billion, up from $3.59 billion.

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JUNE 10, 2016

” Little hardware innovation and limited vendor portfolio were some of the other factors that played into the slowing demand, especially that of business tablets, which was found to be undergoing a downward spiral after reaching its lowest point since Q4 2013.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Years of evolution in hardware and broadband have compounded the current problems of movie chains that have been shuttered for months. As a bellwether of the category, AMC is being closely monitored by market watchers. theater locations” by Sept. theater locations” by Sept. The Plot Thickens.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The POS terminal has also been overhauled for retailers and now includes built-in payment processing so that retailers can accept all types of payments with their Square for Retail POS account and Square hardware. The tools cost $60 a month per register with a 2.75 percent payment processing fee , Square said in the blog post.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The revenue is a matchup of hardware and software, peripherals, and in-game purchases. The software category includes physical packaged goods, mobile games, downloadable content and subscriptions. video game and interactive entertainment industry had some big wins in 2016. Specifically, $30.4 billion in revenue.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In Q3 we continued to make good progress shifting our business towards the faster growing smartwatch category with the introduction of Versa 2, expanding Fitbit Health Solutions, and deepening our relationship with consumers with the launch of Premium,” said James Park, Fitbit co-founder and CEO.

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