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Joe WeingartenExecutive DirectorMacintosh Reseller Association

Is the App Store Concept Doomed?

March 9, 2009

Analysis of:Apple is Delaying Developers; Does a Bigger Problem Exist? | www.crn.com

Recently Apple announced they past 25,000 apps in their store and their is an app for anything you want, yet more developers are trying to add more apps and Apple itself is having problems. What needs to happen?

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Best Buy or Toys R Us Better For Used Games?

March 5, 2009

Analysis of:Best Buy following Toys R Us into used games? | www.examiner.com

Best Buy and Toys R Us likely share a good deal of customers, but that doesn't mean they can't both succeed in the used game space if they put their own brand to work against the program. Tougher than competing against each other will be competing against Game Stop. As big box retailers vs. a small, focused specialist like Game Stop, execution in the high touch and un-scaled management of used games will be challenging.  Category management, from how the product is taken in, to how it is QC’d, and how it is displayed,  will require a considerable shift in discipline and approach from the largely centralized and uniform process environments Best Buy and Toys R Us are currently managed in.

Joe WeingartenExecutive DirectorMacintosh Reseller Association

New Apples but upgrade is hidden in the machine.

March 5, 2009

Analysis of:Apple's desktop refresh 'underwhelms' | www.infoworld.com

The techie press is not giving any credit to Apple for this series of new machines and I can't blame them. But they have not looked just a little down the road. And Apple is hurting itself with its usual set of secrets.

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Apple Verizon Deal = Many Millons More iPhone Sales

February 25, 2009

Analysis of:Will Apple Increase iPhone Value with Rumored Verizon Deal? | seekingalpha.com

An Apple Verizon deal will significantly increase demand and sales of the iPhone. In spite of parading out a stream of other smart, touch screen phones, or iPhone substitutes, nothing Verizon has available measures up to the iPhone total package (from and function).

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

A Reflection of Recessionary Times or Something Deeper?

February 24, 2009

Analysis of:RadioShack 4Q Net Drops 39% On Falling Margins, Sales | money.cnn.com

Declining revenues, declining margins, declining bottom line, and an undefined brand. The recession was sighted, but  if the recession ended tomorrow, would any of this be solved for Radio Shack? I don’t think so -- after listening to Radio Shack’s earnings call today, two critical questions are still unanswered: Where’s the real leverage for Radio Shack?  Who will define the Radio Shack brand?

Joe WeingartenExecutive DirectorMacintosh Reseller Association

2nd Guessing Apple's Future.

February 23, 2009

Analysis of:Where Does Apple Go From Here? | www.informationweek.com

A lot of guessing is going on about Apple and the future. It's secret life results in all the guessing. This article puts into perspective the many items to consider but fails to provide any answers. Yet having the entire concept of the future is helpful.

Joe WeingartenExecutive DirectorMacintosh Reseller Association

The Coming NAND Shortage.

February 19, 2009

Analysis of:Apple buying up available flash RAM supplies for next iPhone | www.appleinsider.com

Two factors are setting up this perfect storm on the memory front. Apple buying and reduction in capacity.

Joe WeingartenExecutive DirectorMacintosh Reseller Association

Has Apple Changed the way we view Copyrights?

February 17, 2009

Analysis of: Amended Psystar complaint vs. Apple repeats copyright claims | www.appleinsider.com

Apple's business model depends on a closed system. They have approached copyrights from a different prospective. If the courts do not see it the Apple way, their business model will need redirecting, and will have a significant impact on them.

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Tough Times For TV Makers

February 12, 2009

Analysis of:Pioneer Exits TV Business As Losses Mount | www.twice.com

Consolidation is happening and there's more to come. Born out of a consumer love affair with flat panel TVs, the category quickly became over crowded. Now with a soft economy, about 1000 fewer U.S. storefronts than just a year ago (Circuit City; CC and Tweeter; TWTR were the largest to disappear) there‘s much less shelf space for what is still a very crowded field of brands, struggling to compete on price and selection.

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Trade In To Trade Up - It's Time Has Come

February 12, 2009

Analysis of:Dell Will Give You Gift Cards for Your Old Gadgets | www.pcmag.com

Consumers have been searching for an easy and smart way to get rid of their older electronics for years but it’s always been a difficult process for retailers to manage profitably. Now thanks to technology that's changed; question is who will stake claim to this solution.

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