While B&N will continue to offer its NOOK GlowLight eReader, the move essentially gets
the retailer out of the hardware business.
Not exact matches
He started the company, without any
hardware experience,
out of a garage as an undergraduate student and lead it to a multi-million dollar business with product sold in over 40 countries and at
retailers such as Apple and Best Buy.
Home is where the price action is: When the market was falling
out of bed last week, home furnishings
retailer RH (RH), formerly known as Restoration
Hardware, was quietly gaining ground and looking like it wanted to turn its most -
of - March consolidation into a round - ish swing low.
The
retail market for Windows PC games gradually dried
out in the early 2000s, as the benefit
of not having to pay a platform holder to publish a game was offset by piracy, usability problems present with non-standard
hardware and
retailers like GameStop putting emphasis on the used console game market (GameStop does not buy and sell used Windows PC games).
Still, Anita Frazier, an analyst for the NPD Group, says that the drop is actually due to the price cuts the console manufacturers made, pointing
out that «the average
retail price
of hardware across all platforms declined 8 % from last September».
Several large
retailers, such as Home Depot and Ace
Hardware, accept them for free (and sometimes, in exchange for a discount on new LED lights); if you strike
out there, you can mail them to
out -
of - state recyclers (check the link above for specifics).
Commodity Components International (Peabody, MA) 9/2001 — 9/2003 Technology Broker • Sourced and sold computer
hardware products to major computer
retailers, resellers, and corporate end - users worldwide • Managed the entire sales and purchasing cycle, including prospecting, opportunity development, sales negotiations, and supporting relationships with potential buyers and potential product suppliers • Achieved roughly $ 50,000 a month in gross profit — based on an average
of 10 % margin per sale — which greatly exceeded the $ 10,000 monthly gross profit expected
out of a second year sales professional at the firm