The News Review:
- Car dealers try to survive as economy sales drop
- Microsoft’s Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs Equals …
- BG Radia Appoints New Sales Representatives
- bama ‘brand’ stimulates big merchandise sales
- Dealers asked to buy more Chryslers to aid company
- Apple Profit Tops Analyst Estimates on Holiday Sales
Car dealers try to survive as economy sales drop
The Associated Press
market slumping Chrysler has backed away from its plans to consolidate single dealerships into dealers that sell all three Chrysler brands — Chrysler Dodge and Jeep. Steven Manley executive vice president of sales and marketing said the company will still try to merge weaker dealers with stronger ones when they get into financial trouble but it’s not aggressively cutting dealerships now for fear of losing sales. “We don’t want to do it at a risk of losing volume” he said. Sales in January are either about the same as a dismal December or a little better depending on the manufacturer. So dealers like Spady are just trying to hold on until things get better. The publicity over Chrysler and GM requesting government loans has hurt sales but he expects that to improve as time passes.
Microsoft’s Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs Equals …
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He said it is “still true”—“we are in this business for the long term and committed to it. ” How to explain the numbers? Sohn said there isn’t much data to share about the 10-Q but mentioned a mix of factors that could have contributed: steep discounting across the line and “massive special prices” on the older 30 gig units accounting for some of the drop; the touch economy overall and a shrinking MP3 category. (The latter didn’t seem to hurt iPod sales in the holiday quarter. ) The 10-Q details the number of Xbox consoles shipped—6 million— but not the number of Zunea shipped or sold. Beyond the device: But Sohn focused more on where Zune is headed: “We have a broader vision than just selling MP3 players we are thinking about more connected entertainment experiences driven by the Zune software and services for not only Zune device owners but other ‘tuners’ as well. This vision requires continued investment in the business as we grow the capabilities of what the service needs to do for other screens and devices. ” Free Zune services: Two of the biggest developments for Zune in 2008 weren’t device-specific—positioning Zune’s free software app for non Zune-owners and offering Zune Marketplace subscribers.
BG Radia Appoints New Sales Representatives
eCoustics.com (press release)
New for BG are HiTech Sales for hio western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Nova Marketing for Minnesota western Wisconsin North and South Dakota. BG’s Rocky Mountain representative Scowcroft & Associates have been appointed to handle Arizona and southern Nevada. According to BG’s National Sales Manager Tony Weber “We are delighted to have two outstanding rep companies HiTech Sales and Nova Marketing join the BG rep family while Scowcroft & Associates are well qualified to expand their Rocky Mountain territory. A high performance brand such as BG needs high quality sales people to support it and we’re pleased to have these excellent firms on board. ” About BG Radia BG Radia Corporation is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance loudspeakers for the audio home theater custom and commercial installation markets. The company utilizes its patented planar ribbon technology to produce the finest quality loudspeakers for a wide array of residential and professional applications. Founded in June 1994 BG Radia is based in Carson City Nevada and markets its award-winning products throughout the world under the BG Radia and Radia Pro brand names as well as on an EM basis.
bama ‘brand’ stimulates big merchandise sales
AFP
“Some items come from the presidential inaugural committee which operated a Washington store until Thursday and continues to sells through its website using the proceeds to defray the costs of the inauguration events. Brent Colburn an inauguration committee spokesman said the store sold some 3000 items through January 16 and the online store another 30000 but said revenue estimates would be made in the final report of the inauguration panel. Sales of inauguration medallions are a tradition dating back a century but that the marketing of memorabilia has taken on a new dimension he said. “We considered merchandising a piece of grassroots fundraising going back into the campaign” he said. “Everyone knows there was an incredible amount of excitement around the bama presidency. “While the committee is competing with street vendors and other stores selling bama merchandise Colburn said: “We wanted people to know that when they were buying something from the official store they were not only getting a keepsake but helping support one of the most open administrations in history. “Yet virtually anyone can sell items with the presidential or inauguration seal or bama’s image with many calling themselves sellers of “official” merchandise.
Dealers asked to buy more Chryslers to aid company
The Associated Press
executive to go on television to tell the company’s story something Press said he didn’t want to talk about. Most dealers were positive after the meeting even though Press told them they would be asked to make sacrifices with all other Chrysler stakeholders including employees the United Auto Workers and bondholders. For dealers that includes the request to order 78000 vehicles which Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing Steven Landry said is still 12 percent fewer than February of last year. ther sacrifices include a one-year freeze on labor rate increases for repairs that dealers make under warranty and Chrysler stopping its reimbursement for gasoline in cars moving off dealer lots dealers and executives said. Dealers said Press received a standing ovation after his presentation. Andretta whose dealership is in Beaver Springs Pa. said he’s is hoping the company’s offer of employee pricing plus low-interest financing plus incentives will boost sales of the new cars that he orders.
Apple Profit Tops Analyst Estimates on Holiday Sales
Bloomberg
21 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. surpassed analysts?estimates for profit and sales last quarter overcoming the worstU. holiday shopping season in at least four decades. The sharesjumped as much as 12 percent in late trading. First-quarter net income climbed 1.
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