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- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money
- Forget $25 billion for the U.S.-owned auto companies. Small change. They've upped their request from the feds. GM alone now wants $18 billion. Doesn't that raise your confidence level that these guys are really on top of the situation? Oh, by the way,...
- Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., CEO, Hummer Brand, Focus, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Cyber Monday traffic better than last year
- If Web traffic translates into online sales, this year's holiday season is gearing up to much better than last year's - contrary to the doom-and-gloom forecasts for the holiday season. Traffic to online retail sites today - Cyber Monday - far exceeded last year's Cyber Monday traffic....
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Does Cyber Monday matter this year?
- The pressure's on for Cyber Monday, the online cousin of retail's Black Friday. Retailers and e-tailers had been forecasting doom and gloom for the holiday season but online sales on Black Friday actually were up 1 percent over last year, according to comscore. Wrap Thanksgiving Day shopping into the mix...
- Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Turkey, stuffing and Macs?
- It appears that Americans enjoyed a healthy serving of Macs over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Writing for Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog Philip Elmer-DeWitt analyzed Apple's domestic sales on Amazon.com over the critical Black Friday selling weekend. He concludes that Apple's online sales got off to a better start than...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Shopping - How do you do it?
- According to online retailers Amazon.com and eBay, online sales surged on Black Friday as consumers looked for good deals on Wii games consoles and the iPhone and iPod touch. But what's your preferred shopping method? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Retail Company, Person, Sales Strategy, Retail, Sales Force Management, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- $10.6 bln spent on Black Friday in 2008
- Sales during the day after Thanksgiving 2008 rose 3% to $10.6 bln, according to ShopperTrak RCT Corp., who tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets. US shoppers spent about $10.3 bln on the day after Thanksgiving 2007. by AM
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- US music sales to reach $9.2 bln by 2013
- Forrester Research estimates that music sales in the United States will decline to $9.2 bln in 2013, from $10.1 bln 2008. That compares with $14.6 bln in 1999, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. by AM
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Cloud definitions and economics
- Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- When to spend cash in a SaaS business
- Revealed: the magic formula that helped enterprise web analytics provider Omniture sustain rocketing growth, dwarf its competitors and become the second-largest listed pureplay SaaS provider in the US by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Omniture Inc., Magic Number, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, GAAP, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Financial Accounting, Finance, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Salesforce.com: Recession resistant or just late to the pain?
- On the surface, Salesforce.com's third quarter was impressive. The company hit or exceeded its targets and noted that its "value proposition" was resonating among enterprise software buyers. But worries abound under the surface. Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Recession, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising.
- updated: At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend. After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million...
- Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Enterprise Software, Quarter, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Chip sales to fall 5.6% in 2009, to rise 7.4% in 2010, to rise 7.5% in 2011
- SIA expects 2009 chip sales to fall 5.6% to $246.7 bln, following a forecast 2.2% increase in 2008 to $261.2 bln. The trade group expects annual growth to resume in 2010, with chip sales rising 7.4% to $264.9 bln, and increasing another 7.5% to $284.7 bln in 2011. by AM
- Tags: Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Business "Much More Predictable" In Past Two Months, NetSuite Says
- Sales of its online business software froze in the last two days of September, NetSuite chief financial officer Jim McGeever told the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference Wednesday. But, in the last two months, the flow of deals for its "software as a service" suite has become "much more...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Management, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Worldwide semiconductor sales to fall 2.2% in 2009
- Global sales of semiconductors are likely to fall 2.2% in 2009 due to weak demand for electronics worldwide, World Semiconductor Trade Statistics said. The chip market will shrink to $256 bln 2009, down from an expected $261.9 bln in 2008, said WSTS. by AM
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Mark Cuban accused of insider trading
- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban today, charging that he engaged in insider trading by selling his shares in search engine Mamma.com based on insider information. (Statement | Complaint) According to the complaint, Mamma.com's CEO...
- Tags: Mark Cuban, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Investment, Sales, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Video game hardware and software sales up 18% in October 2008
- US sales of video game hardware and software rose 18% in October 2008 from October 2007, after falling 7% in September 2008, as Wii console sold over 800,000 units, NPD reported. by AM
- Tags: Software, Video Game, Video, Hardware, Sales Strategy, Games, Corporate Communications, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Marketing, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Airline ticket sales by airline Web site
- Supplier Sites Q2 2007 Q2 2008 Point Change American Airlines 12.8% 10.7% -2.1 AirTran 4.9% 4.9% 0.0 Continental Airlines 11.5% 12.3% 0.8 Delta Airlines 14.2% 13.3% -0.9 JetBlue 5.9% 7.1% 1.2 Northwest Airlines 6.8% 4.3% -2.5 ...
- Tags: Airline, Web, Web Site, Sales Strategy, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Oracle Gadgets: Flexible Desktop Access to CRM Data Goldmines...
- Oracle, who have several code line families to care for and nurture, are announcing Siebel CRM 8.1.1 today, and more intriguingly from a collaboration perspective 'Oracle Customer Relationship Management CRM Gadgets for Sales', more evidence of the effort being put into Social CRM by Oracle. As the...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Data, Siebel Systems Inc., Gadget, CRM, Sales Strategy, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Obama: good news for Sun
- Obama has promised to shut down new coal and nuclear generation while offering car makers incentives to produce electrically powered vehicles. The resulting supply crunch on power is tailor made to benefit Sun - because,on SWaP, Sun has by far the most energy efficient technologies on the market. by Paul...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Obama, Manufacturing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Paul Murphy, Intel Xeon, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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