Dell's tightened belt garrotes Canada
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'Dell Day' canceled this year Dell is closing its Edmonton call center this spring, after less than four years of operation. The move is expected to put more than 900 people out of work.â¦
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DALLAS -- Dell Inc., the world's largest PC maker, has delayed filing its fiscal second-quarter financial report and suspended its share-repurchase program because of an ongoing federal accounting probe.
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A substantial price cut and footprint squeeze show a new commitment from Dell to getting its enterprise-class blade servers into data centres.
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Dell customers may now decline unwanted software or 'bloatware' applications loaded on new PCs.
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Dell on Wednesday announced the shutdown of retail kiosks in malls throughout the United States as it adjusts its evolving product distribution strategy.The closings comes at a time when Dell is repositioning its retail strategy to attract more customers by selling products through its Web site, retail outlets, and over the phone.Dell had&#160;more than&#160;140 kiosks, called Dell Direct stores, for customers to buy products, including PCs, TVs, and printers. Dell representatives staffed the kiosks and assisted buyers in choosing products and placing orders. The kiosks didn&#39;t actually carry inventory, so products were shipped to buyers.This change does not impact Dell Direct stores in Canada, Asia-Pacific, and Japan, said Lionel Menchaca, digital media manager at Dell in a blog entry. The company has about 50 stand-alone kiosks outside the United States.&quot;We started offering Dell systems through retailers about six months ago, and now customers can buy Dell desktops and laptops through more than 10,000 retail outlets worldwide,&quot; Menchaca wrote.The needs for kiosks declined as retail stores provide more accessibility to Dell products, said Dell spokesman David Frink. The kiosks, introduced in 2002, are being closed immediately, Frink said.The shutdown might lead to laying off employees who staffed the kiosks, Frink said. He declined to comment on an exact number of layoffs and charges that the company might take relating to the shutdown.Dell has expanded its in-store offerings over the last six months by signing up retailers globally to sell its products, including&#160;Best Buy&#160;and&#160;Wal-Mart&#160;in the United States, Tesco in the United Kingdom, and Bic Camera in Japan.The kiosks were just an expansion of the company&#39;s online and catalog sales, said David Daoud, an analyst at IDC. &quot;If anything, it shows that Dell doesn&#39;t want kiosks to compete with the brick-and-mortar stores,&quot; he said. Customers prefer to buy products online or at a store, so having kiosks doesn&#39;t fit with Dell&#39;s evolving U.S. business model, Daoud said.However, kiosks will be an effective tool to facilitate brand awareness for Dell in the international and emerging markets, especially for customers who can&#39;t go online, Daoud said. Though it has a significant enterprise presence internationally, Dell has the potential to grow in the consumer space, Daoud said.Dell&#39;s retooled retail strategy has helped the company expand its lead over Hewlett-Packard as the&#160;largest U.S. PC vendor in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to figures from analyst firms Gartner and IDC. However,&#160;HP remained the world&#39;s largest PC dealer, topping Dell, Acer, and Lenovo, according to figures from both firms.
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It wasn't supposed to work like this. Paying $280 million to lure a Dell plant was supposed to ensure high-tech jobs at the computer maker and at ancillary businesses it would attract. Instead, Dell's health has faltered and 8,000 jobs will be cut in the next year.
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Demand for Linux-based laptops drives the Dell announcement.
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The computer maker will sell its PCs through Digital China, while Dell will try to target upscale consumers in the country.
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Marmonti the man Dell has appointed David Marmonti as its new European boss.â¦
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Dell has announced the availability of virtualisation services.
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Japanâs Nikkei index has lost a third of its value since July, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange has lost $1.3 trillion in value â equivalent to the entire economy of Canada.
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Dell strikes a deal with the world's largest retailer to make a point.
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The industry heavyweights want to ease a major "pain point" for their customers, Dell's CEO says.
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By Yager, Tom  Investors and the SEC are going after Dell, but it shouldn't have to take the rap alone  I WROTE A COLUMN IN 2005 CALLED "HOW will Dell Offset the Loss of Intel's Generosity?" (infoworld.com/5060).
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After a former Dell sales manager posted bargain-hunting tips in a blog, Dell tried to have the blog deleted. Later, the company said that effort had been a mistake.
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After a failed attempt at serving the broad Canadian financial marketplace, Deutsche Bank AG is now targeting the country more strategically, an effort that has landed the German bank at the centre of Canada's ...
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In a move possibly intended to shift focus to its efforts in retail stores, computer manufacturer Dell Inc. said that it will shut down its retail kiosks in about 140 malls nationwide.