The famous Mattel doll, Barbie, has been making the rounds in the news lately. Recently, she turned 50 years old and has been featured in fashion shows as part of the celebration. The Barbie craze, according to Victoria News reporter Rozsan Holmen, appears to have spilled over into eBay-the world’s largest virtual market.
In her article, [...]
Despite the general economic slowdown, commercial opportunities on the internet continue to grow.
On March 5th, New Media BC will present AERS CEO Fred Speckeen as a keynote speaker at an afternoon workshop designed to provide BC entrepreneurs with the information they need to expand to the USA.
According to Speckeen, savvy entrepreneurs will understand the factors [...]
On Friday, two significant things happened in the markets. The Dow hit one of its lowest levels in 6 years, and for the second time in recent history, gold rose to over $1,000 USD/oz.
How is this going to affect future demand and will there be supply shortages? Or does today’s price represent gold entering into [...]
Garmin, the largest GPS device provider for the North America market, has seen significant volatility in the consumer demand for its products in the eBay USA market. During the third quarter, the volume of sold GPS device units decreased dramatically as Garmin held prices steady. By the end of the fourth quarter, volume took a [...]
The second and third quarter of 2008 saw an interesting turn of events on the eBay USA platform. IBM/Lenovo laptop sales have been outperforming Dell and Compaq- both of which have seen declining demand on eBay over the past year. In contrast, IBM/Lenovo has experienced a year over year increase in demand for its products- [...]
The past few months have revealed who the consumer electronics hardware heavyweights are. HP resisted the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008 to come out as the number one world supplier for desktops, beating out Dell and Acer. This overwhelming demand for new HP desktops has spilled over into one of e-commerce’s largest markests-eBay USA.
In Q4 [...]
Recognized by University of Victoria for business innovation in research
VICTORIA – AERS founder Anthony Sukow was on hand to receive the University of Victoria’s annual Craigdarroch Research Award on behalf of himself and his brother and co-founder Andrew Sukow last week. As graduates of the University, both founders were gratified to receive the University of [...]
Women prefer cheap & simple portable MP3 players
Yesterday, Apple revealed a smaller and simpler iPod Shuffle amid great hoopla. The new product features more storage, a much smaller form factor, and a feature called “VoiceOver” which rather usefully, given the lack of a screen, tells you what song is playing and who the artist is. [...]
