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Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Knowledge Lead to Confidence, and Confidence Leads to Buying

October 2, 2008

Analysis of:Multchannel Consumers Favor Online-To-Store Shopping Experience | www.directmag.com

Study after study has proven that shoppers who browse, search and research online first and then buy in-store, spend more and return less.   The fact that 75% of multi-channel consumers prefer to move from clicks to bricks when shopping, while 7% reverse the direction is VERY good news for retailers, and the smartest retailers are making it as easy as possible for their customers to make the move from clicks to bricks, resulting in higher conversion rates, higher ticket, and higher customer satisfaction.

Cathy StaufferOwnerCathyStaufferConsulting

Circuit City's (new) Management Has A (new) Plan But It's Dependent On Others For It To Work.

September 30, 2008

Analysis of:Circuit City Posts Loss As Sales Woes Continue | online.wsj.com

In addition to loosing hundreds of millions of dollars and significant market share, letting things get so bad for so long has resulted in CC loosing control - now it's largely up to others if CC will survive.  1. Vendors - at this point vendors are on top – without vendor support there will no reason for consumers to come in. 2. Consumers - CC management is talking about regaining consumer “relevancy”. Consumers have long memories when it comes to a bad retail experience, but short if it means saving money.  CC must deliver a compelling, relevant message backed up by quality in-store execution if they hope to regain any consumer support for the holidays. 3. Employees -  If the front lines are disenfranchised, they disenfranchise customers.  CC must re-energize their front line employees immediately.

David WorkmanExecutive DirectorPRO Group

Consumer Confidence Index

June 30, 2008

Analysis of:Consumer confidence nears all-time low | money.cnn.com

Some of what we report is a self fulfilling prophecy We are not one number, driving to one result Consumers will be selective in their indulgences

Alon KonchitskyChief Technology OfficerNoise Free Wireless, Inc.

LTE is going to win WiMax

June 20, 2008

Analysis of:Nortel, Alvarion in wireless pact | biz.yahoo.com

LTE is going to win WiMax because LTE is a part of the 3GPP. WiMax is mainly supported by Intel that has never been successful in the wireless industry. Practically, I don’t see a mobile user, with 2 or 4 or even 4 inch screen, using more than 10Mbps on his device. Given that most of the fancy devices out there today (including RIMM, iPhone, and others) are basically 2G devices. Field measurements will prove less the 100kbps in those devices, and we all pretty happy with that. Today’s 3GPP UMTS standard could support about 10Mbps, and it’s not very well accepted all over the world. So, let’s be reasonable: why?  

Alon KonchitskyChief Technology OfficerNoise Free Wireless, Inc.

Apple’s iPhone 3G - end of the marriage Apple – ATT

June 20, 2008

Analysis of:Apple may soon be free from AT&T | news.cnet.com

The new iPhone is a 3G UMTS HSDPA capable device does not have a lock-unlock mechanism. The UMTS standard, is a universal standard. By definition UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Terrestrial System. Therefore, the lock-unlock mechanism is not required anymore. The GSM-GPRS-EDGE iPhone, which was Appl’s first generation design, was locked to a particular network. In the USA, exclusivity granted to ATT and therefore a third party software needed to activate a phone on the network.   Within the 3G phone, this process is not needed and every 3G, backward compatible with 2G, network could use the device.   

Eric GakstatterPrincipalDISCOVERY MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

High-end GPS equipment (approx. 250,000 receivers) will become obsolete.

June 11, 2008

Analysis of:Codeless and Semi-Codeless Access to the Global Positioning | edocket.access.gpo.gov

The DoD's proposal would essentially obsolete legacy high-end GPS receivers after Dec. 31, 2020. The DoD estimates there are approximately 250,000 of these in use today. The replacement cost of each receiver is $10-20,000 each.  This action introduces uncertainty into the high-precision GPS marketplace. Some manufacturers are still selling legacy products.

David WorkmanExecutive DirectorPRO Group

There is no room in the middle

June 3, 2008

Analysis of:Sears Loses Out To Costco And Big Lots | www.forbes.com

Sears has a fundamental structural problem with its format, market appeal to the consumer and ability to resnate the differences shopping with them represent. The shift to the warehouse channel is a permanent one that greatly impacts those retailers who have in the past lived in the market somewhere between a specialist and a discounter. Sears still has tremendous brand equity through its name and its private label goods which is being squandered through a lack of strategic vision for change.

Chris HareChief Executive OfficerThe nTete Group

Fugly?? Is that it?

February 6, 2008

Analysis of:Review: Nokia E90 Communicator Acts Like a Laptop, Makes Calls Like a Phone | blog.wired.com

Nokia communicators reviewed in the US is important, we've missed the point for a while here, so coverage is cool. Seeding the enterprise driven smartphone market with a real device that bridges submini notebooks and high end phones is an important door opener/wedge to get business ready to support phones in a better way. ID isnt everything.  Its not a consumer device - clearly, but you dont use this to look good.

Mark OskowskyPrincipalWireless Tech

NextWave will it survive?

September 26, 2007

Analysis of:Chipset vendors jostle for position in WiMAX handsets | www.wimaxtrends.com

1. There is a lot of noise about WiMax being 4G technology for mobile devices including cellular phones. While this is probably true Wimax standard is not finalized yet and this fact makes the technology developers a risky companies to invest in. 2. NextWave is spending huge amount of money on technology development ranging from ICs, though the prototype development platforms for both industrial and consumer markets. In addition,  NextWave is buying frequency spectrum all around the world. In my opinion this is very risky strategy because WiMax will be rolled-out in 2009-2010 if not later in some countries but the interest payments on company loans to have to be satisfied in the meantime. 3. In addition, the growth of the company is tremendous. They need more and more people to cover all the activities they are involved in and there is question in my mind of controlling the growth.

Chris HareChief Executive OfficerThe nTete Group

Google get it...

September 25, 2007

Analysis of:Google at $600 a share? Yes: here’s why | mediabiz.blogs.cnnmoney.com

Google are more than about search, that much has been clear for a while.  But Google are more than applications.

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