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  • May
  • 20
  • 2008

Apple’s focus on “premium” computers is paying off

Apple snags a much larger share of the market when you focus on brick-and-mortar sales of “premium” PCs; desktops and notebooks that cost $1,000 or more.

According to NPD's numbers recounted by Apple Watch, Apple snags a much larger share of the market when you focus on brick-and-mortar sales of "premium" PCs; desktops and notebooks that cost $1,000 or more. It is…

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  • Apr
  • 03
  • 2008

Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US

Over the past few years, we have watched Apple climb the music sales chart courtesy of the iTunes. Last month we learned that Apple passed Best Buy to become the number two retailer in the the US. Now, Apple has ascended to the top of the charts, surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time ever, according to the NPD MusicWatch Survey.

The news was announced in an e-mail sent this afternoon to some Apple employees, a copy of which was seen by Ars Technica. It includes a screenshot of an Excel file showing the top ten music retailers in the US for January 2008, and Apple is…

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  • Feb
  • 27
  • 2008

Kids don’t like CDs: iTunes Store now #2 music retailer

There was a “sharp increase” in digital music sales during 2007, according to the NPD Group, which is why iTunes now occupies the number two spot in all music sales, just behind Wal-Mart. Still, the explosion of digital music has not yet offset the decline in CD sales.

It was only eight months ago that iTunes passed Amazon to become the number three music retailer. Wal-Mart is still holding its own with a massive brick-and-mortar retail business in addition to its online music store, but must be…

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