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Tuesday 8 September 2009
Taiwan market: Retail price for Windows 7 Home Premium set at NT$6,990
Microsoft has set Taiwan retail prices for Windows 7 at NT$6,990 (US$213) for the Home Premium version and NT$4,170 for the upgrade version, according to Microsoft Taiwan.
Thursday 20 August 2009
Early sales of Core i5 and i7 CPUs unlikely to stop despite Intel warning, say sources
Although Intel is asking vendors to stop selling socket 1156-based CPUs - as well as P55-based motherboards - that it has not yet officially launched, retailers are unlikely to listen...
Thursday 6 August 2009
BenQ expects global projector shipments to reach 6 million units in 2009
BenQ has estimated that global front projector shipments will reach six million units in 2009. Of the total, the education segment will account for around 40%, enterprise around 50%,...
Thursday 30 July 2009
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to spin off CE manufacturing department
Tsann Kuen, a major retail chain of IT products and consumer electronics in Taiwan recently decided to spin off its consumer electronics and home appliance manufacturing business...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Taiwan market: Projector shipments drop in 1H09
Front projector shipments for the first half of 2009 in Taiwan's retail market dropped 10-20% on year, according to industry sources.
Monday 20 July 2009
Taiwan government offers e-operation subsidies for new retail stores
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will promote electronic retail operations by providing new stores starting business in 2009 with a maximum subsidy of 50% of their e-operation...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Taiwan retail chain Tsann Kuen raises HK$59 million from selling shares in China subsidiary
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, the operator of the Tsann Kuen retail chain in Taiwan, on June 30 announced it has disposed of a stake in Tsann Kuen (China) Enterprise, its subsidiary which...
Tuesday 30 June 2009
China-based Haier hopes to cooperate with Taiwan 3C retail chains
China-based vendor Haier hopes to cooperate with Tsann Kuen and E-Life Mall, two Taiwan-based 3C retail chains, to sell its electric home appliances in the Taiwan market, according...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Taiwan network equipment makers eyeing WiMAX orders from Japan retail chains
Taiwan-based network equipment makers plan to compete for ODM orders from retail channels in Japan as Japan-based UQ Communications will start operating WiMAX services in July and...
Friday 12 June 2009
CHT tentatively withdraws from Senao private placement
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has tentatively suspended plans to increase its stake in IT and telecom retail chain Senao International from 31.5% to 40.8% through a private placement as...
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Retail digital signage market to triple by 2013, says iSuppli
The changing needs of retailers are prompting them to move away from traditional advertising and seek alternative means, including retail digital signage, whose shipments will more...
Monday 1 June 2009
Chunghwa Telecom raises stake in Senao, sparks speculation of retail network in China
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has increased its stake in Senao International, an IT and telecom retain chain in Taiwan, from 31.5% originally to 40.8% after acquiring all of the new shares...
Thursday 21 May 2009
Clevo suffers losses in 1Q09
Clevo suffered net losses of around NT$85 million (US$2.59 million) in the first quarter of 2009 due to a decline in notebook demand and costs from opening a new retail store in Beijing,...
Thursday 21 May 2009
Taiwan market: Handset sales drop in April
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market dropped 4.4% sequentially to 519,000 units in April, the lowest level since 2007, according to data compiled by local retail channels.
Thursday 30 April 2009
ISS Asia Pacific: Foxconn showcases netbooks and nettops
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has unveiled its Qbook netbook and Qbox nettop at the Intel Solutions Summit (ISS) being held in Australia, marking the EMS giant's...