Clued-up staff and price pledge help John Lewis beat the blues with massive 27% rise in sales [12 mins] epa01589351 (FILE) A file photograph showing John Lewis in Oxford Street, London, Britain, 23 December 2008. John Lewis Partnership Plc said 02 January 2009, sales rose last week at its department-store chain, the U.K.'s largest, and Waitrose supermarkets as discounts lured shoppers in the face of an economic contraction. Revenue surged 41 percent from a year earlier to 112 million euros at Waitrose in the week to Dec. 27, the London-based company announced 02 January. EPA/ANDY RAIN
Consumer Electronics Show wrap-up: from Palm Pre to porn stars [24 mins][Travalle] And this from Yahoo: The company is taking the idea of widgets '” small, easy-to-write, quick-loading programs '” directly to the TV. Using separate widgets, consumers could check stock quotes, get sports scores, bid on an eBay auction or even watch YouTube videos as if they were actual TV programs. The widget service is open to any developer for free, and already Google has developed one for YouTube.
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epa01589351 (FILE) A file photograph showing John Lewis in Oxford Street, London, Britain, 23 December 2008. John Lewis Partnership Plc said 02 January 2009, sales rose last week at its department-store chain, the U.K.'s largest, and Waitrose supermarkets as discounts lured shoppers in the face of an economic contraction. Revenue surged 41 percent from a year earlier to 112 million euros at Waitrose in the week to Dec. 27, the London-based company announced 02 January. EPA/ANDY RAIN
And this from Yahoo: The company is taking the idea of widgets '” small, easy-to-write, quick-loading programs '” directly to the TV. Using separate widgets, consumers could check stock quotes, get sports scores, bid on an eBay auction or even watch YouTube videos as if they were actual TV programs. The widget service is open to any developer for free, and already Google has developed one for YouTube.
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