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Shopping News Tweeter Home Entertainment to Shutter Stores (Display & Design Ideas) MARCH 23, 2007 -- Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc., Canton, Mass., announced plans to consolidate and reinvest its resources to expand upon its popular "Consumer Electronics (CE) Playground" concept stores. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:15:52 GMT Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Announces Restructuring Plan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) CANTON, Mass.----In an effort to substantially improve its short and long-term financial health and better execute against its evolving home installation and services business model, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc. today announced a plan to consolidate and reinvest its resources to expand upon its popular "Consumer Electronics Playground" concept stores. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:30:00 GMT Avoid impulse buys with mental, financial limits (Chicago Tribune) Folks from earlier generations sometimes shake their heads at the lack of control some young people exhibit when it comes to impulse buying. But that's a bit unfair because the opportunities to spend impulsively are far greater than ever before. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:48:04 GMT Tweeter to restructure, close stores, cut jobs (Market Watch) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. on Thursday said it would restructure its operations, close 49 stores and cut about 20% of jobs, as the home electronics retailer struggles in a competitive environment to stem its losses. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:23:08 GMT Big, big plasma performs nicely at an itty-bitty price (Chicago Tribune) The Vizio VM60P, a gargantuan 60-inch plasma framed in bronze, might be the most audacious set yet from HDTV industry irritant V Inc. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:01:13 GMT Grudge Match in China (RedNova) Used to be, places such as Shanghai's Atlantic Ocean electronics mall didn't offer much variety. Stores stocked computers from a handful of local companies or no-name boxes snapped together by technicians, and foreign brands were tough to find. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:12:02 GMT Time is money? (The Biloxi Sun Herald) How much will you spend to save a little time - $50, $100, $200? Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:15:40 GMT Wal-Mart Seeks Identity (The Morning News) Yearly sales: 340 billion Profit: 12 billion Finding the right image: Priceless And tricky. Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s seems to be in search of an identity. That's the opinion of some analysts and experts, who say the world's largest retailer's struggle to regain its financial foothold is making the company whipsaw between images of being a low-price discounter or an upscale ... Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:47:59 GMT Best Buy opens doors (The Lewiston Sun Journal) AUBURN - When Darrin Porter had a customer travel all the way from Lewiston-Auburn to the Best Buy store in Bangor to buy a GPS system, he knew the electronics mega-retailer needed an L-A store. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:06:31 GMT Tweeter closing Hoover, Huntsville stores (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. is closing 49 stores - including the Hoover and Huntsville stores - as part of a financial restructuring plan. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:43:36 GMT |
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