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Supermarket to combine popular promotions in effort to help schools

Meanwhile, PC Retail looks at how to sell laser printers and the trends in that market

Reshuffle at tech giant?s printer and cartridge operation designed to combat downturn

Distributor takes on former IBM and Motorola man as chief operating officer

Laser printers have traditionally been the reserve of big business. But as more and more vendors launch models aimed at the SMB and SOHO markets, it can be hard to know just what to stock. Ben Furfie investigates...

Will the credit crunch affect us? On the business-to-business side, I think we might see a reduction in new products purchased, but the day-to-day servicing and support will continue as normal.

Distributor now stocking Antec?s latest gaming PC case line

USA: Move by customers towards lower margin products see sales up but earnings down

Like-for-like sales up on the back of non-food sales and food price inflation

USA: However, Misco parent warns that growth is slowing but confident about CompUSA

Also, the Mac Technology Association takes a look at Apple's increasing direct sales

Regulatory body warns that the machinery running the internet will ?run out? in under three years