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Suffering from lackluster demand in China, Apple has taken the step to slash prices by close to 6 percent in the country. According to a report in CNBC , citing the Cupertino, California iPhone maker’s online store in China, the cuts are across the board on its iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Airpods.

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Consider the fact that Cook shone the spotlight, specifically, on iPhone sales tied to China, along with other hardware. While Greater China and other emerging markets accounted for the vast majority of the year-over-year iPhone revenue decline, in some developed markets, iPhone upgrades also were not as strong as we thought they would be.”.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

According to a recent Bloomberg report, Apple’s iPhone shipments fell roughly 20 percent in the fourth quarter in China. Citing IDC, Bloomberg reported the smartphone market in China contracted 9.7 percent in the last three months of 2018, but the dip at Apple was more pronounced.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Shipments of Apple’s iPhones plummeted around 20 percent in China during the fourth quarter of last year, as competitor Huawei Technologies was able to steal share. According to a report in Bloomberg citing IDC, the smartphone market in China contracted 9.7 1 smartphone maker in China. percent, making Huawei the No.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Interactive “ magic mirrors ” can recognize the products someone tries on through an RFID tag. For example, a store could use sensors in tags to identify what you’re trying on in real-time. Intel is already working with a retail solutions provider in China that is bringing 5G to life.

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APRIL 14, 2019

The big price tag to acquire new video games also highlights the fact that competition is fierce to land exclusive rights to top content. It comes as iPhone demand is starting to slow, particularly in China. Apple has been forced to cut prices in China and has seen sales plummet in one of the world’s biggest mobile phone markets.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Vendors in China have slashed the price of Apple’s iPhone 8 by up to a fifth off the usual cost of the smartphones due to low demand in advance of this week’s iPhone X launch. In Japan, Australia and China, shipping times extended to as much as five or six weeks. But some analysts aren’t sure this demand can be sustained.

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and internationally — especially in China. The feature is expected to appeal to creators and brands, and will also allow users to add shopping tags to their posts. Starbucks Shifts 45 Pct of Stores Toward Drive-Thru, Order Ahead. As it said at its investor day, post-pandemic, Starbucks is targeting growth both in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Separately, Apple reported that its March quarter results would be lower than some had expected, amid the slowdown in China. Earlier in February, Apple reported a Q4 decline of 20 percent for iPhone shipments in China. The smartphone market in China reportedly contracted 9.7

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AUGUST 28, 2019

But can Costco do well in China, and in the midst of a trade war that still seems to be escalating? According to the South China Morning Post , Costco opened its first brick-and-mortar store in China this week in the Shanghai area, “five years after making its first online foray into China.” China trade war.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

New China/US Cold War Fought Over X-Border Deals. Now, the adversary is China , and the weapons of choice are tied to tech, data, deal-making and very large price tags. Last Lap For Q3; Three Factors To Watch In Q4.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Dada-JD Daojia, a grocery and delivery company in China, disclosed Thursday (August 9) that it raised $500 million from Walmart Inc and JD.com in a round of financing. Earlier in 2018 Walmart opened a supermarket in China that is high-tech. Electronic price tags enable the retailer to keep prices current.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

and China eased Wednesday (Aug. Reuters noted that the White House is mulling slapping a 25 percent tariffs on goods coming in from China instead of a 10 percent levy. China has vowed to retaliate but nothing has come of it in trading so far on Wednesday (Aug. stocks were on the move higher with tech stocks getting a boost.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

But can Costco do well in China, and in the midst of a trade war that still seems to be escalating? According to the South China Morning Post , Costco opened first brick-and-mortar store in China this week, “five years after making its first online foray into China.” China trade war. Challenging Time.

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MAY 22, 2019

Currencycloud is teaming with Lithuania’s Evarvest for cross-border payments, Alipay and ininal are working to help visitors from China connect with merchants in Turkey and BCS Global Markets is rolling out an international payments solution in the U.K. and Australia. In Australia and the U.K., In Australia and the U.K.,

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The pain is particularly pronounced in China , where the price tag of its latest iPhones and local competition have been weighing on demand. “Technology is evolving, and they need to continue to tweak their structure to be sure they’re on the right curve.”. Apple’s moves come at a time when demand for its iPhones is starting to slow.

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MARCH 21, 2019

The call comes as Apple has been seeing sluggish sales of its iPhone, particularly in China. A combination of a high price tag , a saturated smartphone market and low-cost competitors has created pressure for the company. Needham raised its price target for Apple’s stock to $225 a share from $180 a share.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Apple crossed the $1 trillion mark in August of last year, but dropped due to slow iPhone sales in China. In a similar move, Apple Watch’s newest edition (the 5) will carry a top tier price tag — but Apple has also officially lowered the price of the Apple Watch Series 3 to $199.”. trillion, according to CNBC.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Instead of relying purely on cameras and sensors to determine what users place in their shopping carts and then auto-charging them through their Amazon payments account when they walk out the door, BingoBox’s items come embedded with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. but it seems to be catching fire in China.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

And while the two tech firms’ red envelope competition to see which site can be the originator of more digital/mobile red envelopes is something of a yearly staple in China — this year, it is getting a modern Pokemon update. Brick and mortar mobile in China is largely created through the magic of a QR code — scan and done.

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Invitations were tagged “by innovation only” although Apple isn’t expected to change the basic iPhone design. Last year, the company missed expectations on waning smartphone demand, especially in China. Apple announced it will unveil its next generation of iPhones along with other products at a launch event scheduled for Sept.

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APRIL 23, 2018

The high-end device has a hefty price tag of $999, which shut a lot of buyers out of the market. Meanwhile, OTR Global said sales of the iPhone were worsening in China for the second quarter of this year, in large part because of competition from local smartphone vendors.

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MARCH 18, 2020

The pain started to become very evident on Wednesday (March 18), as the trade group that represents mall owners asked for a government bailout and big retail names started to put a price tag on the revenue losses they expected to incur. Adidas says closings in China would cost it about $1 billion in lost sales.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The iPhone will take center stage, of course, and there will be interest in average selling prices and whether the $999 tags will stick. Amid a general downdraft in technology companies, investors fret about slowing growth, about interest rates, about the state of the mighty U.S. consumer headed into the holidays.

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JUNE 15, 2018

Walmart has opened its first small-format supermarket in Shenzhen, China, with five more locations planned in the country by the end of the year. Electronic price tags enable the retailer to keep prices current. A high-tech stocking system enables associates to locate products and fulfill orders through the fastest product route.

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JULY 2, 2019

For instance, Chinese bikesharing company Mobike , which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. The Asia Pacific region has the most employees outside of China, so job cuts there were the first step in the consolidation process.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Additionally, demand for the iPhone X might have soured due to its price tag: It retails for around $1,000. every week since the iPhone X launch, and was true in greater China during the quarter ending last month. Cook also noted that top seller status has been true in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Currently the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, and Singapore are all Apple Pay enabled – and all but the U.K. have seen Apple Pay for web tagged as “coming this fall.”

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MARCH 29, 2017

government to take a closer look at the competing bid from Ant Financial, a company based in China, stating that it raises “significant national security risks.”. That’s what may be in it for investors: a price tag to be paid that is higher than Ant’s (for now) and absence of the gimlet eye of regulators. What’s in it for Euronet?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The recommerce market, which is focused on returned and (gently) used items, has been big business, where in China those sales are worth $60 billion. ICOs : A ban in China seals the perception that the risks may outweigh the benefits in these new financing vehicles. Recommerce market : Buying pre-owned items ain’t just for cars.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We inspect materials, workmanship, details, any tags, labels, logos, hologram stickers, date and/or serial codes, and identify the time period of each item. China topped the list of where counterfeiters operate (43 percent of overall counterfeit activity), followed by Russia (30 percent) and Indonesia (13 percent).

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JULY 25, 2018

But the price tag on it is a cool $2,000 (on sale), and so for whatever wonders it is capable of as cutlery, the market for it is fairly narrow. It even comes in a collector’s box. It’s a very nice knife and probably will last much longer and work much better than the $20 version of a chef’s knife one can pick up at Walmart.

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JULY 5, 2017

It’s not just the “Amazon of China.” Still, it has the potential to disrupt sales for American companies such as Apple, which sells its products in China and may have been planning to release its HomePod smart speaker there (though no such plan had yet been unveiled at the time of Alibaba’s announcement). Alibaba isn’t just a copycat.

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The table below summarizes the market cap change, by region of the world: It is no surprise that Eastern Europe and Russia, which are in the eye of the hurricane, have seen the most damage to equities, but other than the Middle East, every other equity market in the world is down, with the US, EU and China shedding significant market capitalization.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

In Africa, China, Latin America and India, one finds the same thing as in North America and Europe: an increasing penetration of mobile-savvy customers expecting not only to get whatever they want, whenever they want, but also for it to be an easy and straightforward process.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The second largest deal of the week also involved China, this time as Didi and a number of fellow investors sank a reported $100 million in 99, the Brazilian ride-hailing company, which now ups the competitive ante against Uber, of course, in that region. In that scenario, the human team reads the message and selects how to respond. “It

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No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting for designer names and comparing price tags against the waxing and waning of one’s bank account. Farfetch’s filing stated that “the demand for luxury fashion is truly global.”

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