Gateway To Close All Retail Stores

Gateway To Close All Retail Stores

Posted by simoniker on Thursday April 01, @08:19PM
from the climbing-a-gateway-to-heaven dept.
John Lazzaro writes "Looks like Gateway is throwing in the towel and closing all of its remaining retail stores, according to a Reuters/Yahoo! report." The story notes: "Gateway's stores, which will be closed on April 9, have long been criticized by analysts and investors as an expensive drag on cash flow because of lease costs and the difficulty of managing inventories", and goes on to suggest: "...with [the acquisition of] eMachines, Gateway doesn't necessarily need the added distribution channel the stores gave the company. In addition to selling Gateway's wares over the phone and via the Internet, eMachines PCs are sold at major retailers such as Best Buy."

 [Slashdot]

10:56:02 PM    

Search Engine Google to Offer Free E-Mail. Search engine Google Inc. announced Wednesday it would launch a free, Web-based e-mail service to compete against popular services from rivals Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. [eWEEK Technology News]

"But to finance the service, Google will display advertising links tied to the topics discussed within the e-mails. For instance, an e-mail inquiring about an upcoming concert might include an ad from a ticket agency. "

Consider the date, then ponder this...

7:11:40 AM    

Howard Stern has been taken off the air by Infinity Broadcasting.  The Neo-Victorian censors in the FCC/White House/Congress have won.  No headlines yet (they will likely appear soon).  One solution:  Vote Bush and the Republicans out of office. [John Robb's Weblog]

Just a joke, April 1, etc

7:08:35 AM