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Sony sees CEE sales doubling in five years

BERLIN — Sony sees its Central and Eastern Europe electronics revenue doubling in five years, driven by flat panel television sales, according to Tamas Lovasz, spokesman for Sony Central and Southeast Europe, based in Budapest.

Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims

schliz writes "Samsung expects Sony's Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high-definition format war in February." Maybe that means five years from now will be the perfect time to stock up on cheap Blu-ray disks and equipment.

Sony Professional Solutions appoints channel development manager

Sony Ireland has appointed David Byrne to the position of channel development manager for video-conferencing and CCTV within its business division, Sony Professional Solutions. David joins Sony Ireland Ltd from Digicom where he held the position of corporate sales - audio-visual consultant. Commenting on the appointment, Raj Pandya, general manager, B2B Channels, Sony UK, said: "David's appointment marks the further growth of Sony Professional Solutions in the Irish market. His expertise in introducing new business channels to the Irish market will assist greatly in driving forward the new business division and we are delighted to welcome him to the Irish team".

Sony’s Glasgow Sees 2nd-Half Sales Growth

Playa Del Carmen, Mexico — Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow is positive about CE sales for the rest of 2008 and a variety of Sony-related retail initiatives.

N Brown Group experiences massive shift to online sales

Web sales as a proportion of total sales have increased tenfold in the past five years at UK-based apparel and housewares retailer N Brown Group plc, whose roots are in catalogs aimed at consumers 30 and older. While online sales represented only 3% of the company’s business in February 2003, that rose to 28% by February of this year, Alan White, chief executive, told attendees last week at The Future of Retail conference in London. More recent figures show that proportion climbing to 31% of sales, he said.

Sony T700 & the 15mm thick Sony T77 - two new Cyber-shot cameras for release next month

It's all about the cameras today with Sony leading out two new compact piccie grabbers from their photographic stables. Part of the Cyber-shot range, they go by the names of the Sony Cyber-shot T700 and the Sony Cyber-shot T77 and just to confuse matters even more, Sony Ericsson brought out the their new T700 mobile today. Yeah, that caused a little fun for a while.

Sony To Sponsor Speed Skater Klassen

Sony of Canada Ltd. is sponsoring Canadian Olympic speed-skating sensation Cindy Klassen, with six medals, Canada's most decorated Olympian. The athlete will represent Sony at events, appear in campaigns, and use the company products to promote the Sony brand. "We are very excited to be sponsoring Cindy as she trains for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics," said Doug Wilson, president and chief operating officer of Sony of Canada. Over the next two years, Klassen will focus on getting herself conditioned and in top shape for a chance to shine at the 2010 Games.

Sony invests $369M to expand lithium-ion battery production

Sony Corp will invest $369 million (40 billion yen) to power up its lithium-ion battery production operations, adding new facilities and augmenting existing lines. The infusion, which Sony said is the first phase of investment in lithium-ion batteries the company is undertaking as part of efforts to reinforce core areas of its component and semiconductor business over the next three years, will be used to construct new production facilities and to enhance existing lines at Sony's lithium-ion battery production sites in Japan, the Motomiya Technology Center and Tochigi Technology Center of Sony Energy Device Corp.

Sony rising: PS3 opens up lead on Xbox 360 in July

The July NPD sales numbers have been released, and as always, Nintendo dominates in every way, while Microsoft and Sony battle it out for a distant second place. The industry continues to see large growth year over year, with a 35 percent jump in sales for the year to date, and an impressive 48 percent jump in software sales alone. With the large difference between the sales of Nintendo's hardware and software and its two main competitors, one could easily make an argument that Nintendo is to be thanked for much of that growth.

Sony Cybershot DSC-T700

SonySony Cybershot DSC-T700 : Sony introduces a new gorgeous T-Series Cyber-shot camera from Sony are bursting with amazing features to help you take great pictures. Slim, colorful and easy to carry, they’re the perfect partner for any occasion, from fun-filled nights out to holidays, parties and family moments. Now it’s easy to take your precious photo collection everywhere you go. Just 16.4mm slim (15.2mm at thinnest point), the amazing new Sony Cybershot T700 can store up to an incredible 40,000 images in its huge 4GB internal memory. Like the Sony T77, the Cyber-shotT700 is available in five up-to-the minute colour options. Choose from black, silver, gold, pink or red to suit your individual style.

Sony KDL-32XBR6 32-inch LCD

Depending on the source you read, Sony is among the top television sellers in the United States. Ever since the fabled Trinitron (introduced way back in 1968 if you can believe it), the company is practically synonymous with TV. After a few missteps several years ago as it let the flat-panel parade go by, Sony got its Mojo back and now has dozens of flat panel sets ranging from 11-inch OLEDs to a 70-inch LCD for a cool $30K. In between are more models than you can shake a remote at or possibly try to remember. However, if you're looking for Sony's best, think XBR Series-which is what we did when we wanted to test a compact HDTV that could neatly fit in a small apartment's living room or bedroom. Sony usually puts its best video and sound processing in the XBR line-up and the KDL-32XBR6 has the Bravia 2 Engine, Advanced Contrast Enhancer (

Sony Sees No Change in U.S. Gadget Appetite

Sony Corp. said on Tuesday that it is seeing little or no change in the sales of its line of digital TVs, cameras and PCs during an economic slump. However, regional executive Stan Glasgow said Sony is facing pressure on margins from both spiraling costs for energy and raw materials and pricing overseas product costs into weaker dollars.

Sony sets final sales target

Sony's console chief executive Kaz Hirai has ambitions, and big ones: he's set a target of selling 150 million PlayStation 3's (long-term), aiming to surpass the PS2's record of 140m (the PS1 reached 102m). Currently, the console is barely one-tenth of the way there, with sales of 12.85m as of March. But Sony, bless their little hearts, are willing to face the cold:

"Sony Corporation - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008

Sony Corporation (Sony) is the ultimate parent company of the Sony Group. Company is primarily focused on Electronics, such as audio-visual, information technology products & components; Game, such as PlayStation; Entertainment, such as motion pictures and music, and Financial Services, such as insurance and banking sectors.

Sony PS3 sales as planned, hopes to beat target

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) video game chief said on Wednesday PlayStation 3 game console sales have been in line with the company's plan this fiscal year but that he hopes to beat the sales target for the period ending March 31.

Sony PS3 sales as planned, hopes to beat target

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) video game chief said on Wednesday PlayStation 3 game console sales have been in line with the company's plan this fiscal year but that he hopes to beat the sales target for the period ending March 31.

Sony closes PS3-Wii sales gap in Japan

The latest sales figures from Enterbrain in Japan show that Nintendo's Wii outsold Sony PlayStation 3 in Japan yet again through the month of June, but also shows that Sony is successfully closing the gap between the two.

Sony Targets 150 Million PS3 Sales

Hirai told the Financial Times that Sony is targeting 150 million PS3 sales during the first nine years of the console’s lifecycle.

Sony's Next-Generation Blu-ray Disc Player Now Available at Sony Style Stores and Retailers Across the Country

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony's next-generation Blu-ray Disc player, model BDP-S350, is now available across the country at Sony Style retail outlets, sonystyle.com and other authorized Sony retailers. The BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. A firmware update enabling BD-Live is planned later this year. It also features quick start-up mode improving the player's boot-up time to approximately a few seconds and offers an external port for local storage for BD-Live, allowing users to add an optional flash storage device (sold separately).

Sonys Glasgow Sees 2nd-Half Sales Growth

Playa Del Carmen, Mexico — Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow is positive about CE sales for the rest of 2008 and a variety of Sony-related retail initiatives.

Best Buy Plans To Double Sales, May Expand Pacific Sales Appliance Business

Electronics retailer Best Buy unveiled ambitious growth plans last week, announcing that intends to double its annual sales over the next several years. Best Buy executives say it may expand its Pacific Sales appliance store concept nationwide as part of the plan.

Sony Tropfest partnership closes on a high

Sony Australia and Tropfest have announced that Sony's association as naming rights sponsor of the short film festival has come to an end. The announcement ends five successful years in partnership.

Game Group first half ahead of expectations

For the first 22 weeks to 28 June 2008, total Group sales were up by 54.0 per cent. Like for like Group sales (including Gamestation from 1 May 2008) for the same period were up by 24.8 per cent. In the UK and Ireland, total sales were up by 58.2 per cent and lfl sales were up by 28.1 per cent. In the International business, total sales and lfl sales were up by 43.9 per cent and 16.9 per cent respectively.

EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians

Just as we feared, the EU has now approved copyright extension of performance royalties from 50 years to 95 years. This is basically an approval to steal from the public. The public made a deal with musicians 50 years ago: give us music, and we'll give you performance royalties for 50 years. The musicians accepted that, and it was a worthwhile deal for them. Yet, now, the government has decided to change the deal, remove that content from the public domain and give it to the musicians for another 45 years. This is, simply, bad policy. It encourages the exact wrong behavior: telling people that the public will pay them for work they did many many years ago over and over again. This doesn't encourage musicians to continue working and it doesn't encourage them to be fiscally responsible and save for retirement or anything.

Sony Walkman E-Series

Sony insider has the latests scoop on the new portable media players by Sony. The latest in the E-series of portables brings us three models, each available in black, blue, red, and lavender. The player sports a QVGA TFT LCD display and an FM tuner. The Sony player supports the MP3 / WMA / AAC formats as well as Linear PCM, an uncompressed audio format found on DVD players. The Sony comes in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities.

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