When in doubt, drop the price a bit. This tactic seems to be working, according to online retailers Suning and Tmal, who’ve noted improved iPhone sales numbers in the Chinese marketplace following Apple’s price reductions on the handsets. Suning saw sales of Apple products rise 83 percent between Jan. 11 — when it instituted iPhone […]
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Come next Tuesday, Apple shall once again reveal where it stands where units of currency are concerned. Apple will hold its Q2 conference call on Tuesday, May 2nd in the early afternoon at 2 PM PST. Last quarter, Apple’s revenues shrunk for the first time in recent memory. At the time, Apple suggested that its […]
Duan Yongping may have figured out how to beat Apple at its own game in the Chinese marketplace. The reclusive billionaire founded both Opposition and Vivo, the twin smartphone brands that dealt the world’s largest company a stinging defeat in China last year. Once derided as cheap iPhone knockoffs, they leapfrogged the rankings and shoved […]
Well, this is a bit awkward. On Thursday, Amazon distributed an email to marketplace sellers informing them that the company plans to stop selling some streaming video devices that compete with its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The company will no longer offer Google’s Chromecast or Apple’s Apple TV for sale in its online […]
Apple may have a few roadblocks before it can get Apple Pay into the Chinese marketplace. As introduction efforts proceed, China’s central bank, UnionPay bank-card service and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. are standing up to Apple’s effort to bring the Apple Pay no-card-no-cash payment system to iPhone users in China. At the same […]