LAS VEGAS:With robots, augmented reality displays and other advanced technologies, traditional retailers are taking a cue from the online world to find new ways to connect and keep customers. The 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featured dozens of exhibitors showcasing how brick and mortar sellers can ramp up
LONDON: Britain’s economy grew at its weakest pace in half a year in the three months to November as factories suffered from tough global trade conditions and the approach of Brexit, official data showed on yesterday. Gross domestic product was 0.3 per cent higher than in the previous three-month period,
SHANGHAI: Several Chinese electronics retailers including Alibaba-backed Suning and JD.com have slashed iPhone prices this week, after Apple recently blamed poor sales of the smartphone in the country for a rare revenue warning. The discounting, as steep as $118 for the recently launched 64GB iPhone XR, is the latest sign
TOKYO: Defence lawyers for Nissan ex-Chairman Carlos Ghosn said they will seek his release on bail after Tokyo prosecutors indicted him yesterday on two new charges of financial misconduct. The former executive – once lauded for rescuing a near-bankrupt Nissan – was charged with aggravated breach of trust for temporarily
LOS ANGELES: Las Vegas police have asked football star Cristiano Ronaldo to submit a DNA sample as part of their investigation into rape allegations made against him. The five-time world player of the year – who plays for Italian league champions Juventus – has vehemently denied the accusations, and his
BERLIN: Bayern Munich said Friday they will appeal the two-match Champions League suspension handed to Thomas Mueller (pic) which means the Germany international will miss both legs of their last-16 tie against Liverpool. European football’s governing body UEFA handed Mueller a two-match ban on Friday following his sending-off in the
DOHA: Born in an African refugee camp, a Canadian international at 16 and now a Bayern Munich player aged just 18, Alphonso Davies’ life already reads like a movie script. “It’s like something out of a film,” admits Bob Lenarduzzi, president of the Vancouver Whitecaps, referring to the talented teenager
LONDON: Maurizio Sarri must solve Chelsea’s striker crisis as his spluttering side bid to get back on track against Newcastle on Saturday. Sarri’s fourth-placed team are clinging onto a three-point lead over fifth placed Arsenal in the Premier League, leaving them with no margin for error in the race to
SHANGHAI: At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year. Three county-level health officials in Jiangsu province have been dismissed since the case came to light earlier
BANGALORE (India): India will send its first manned mission into space by December 2021, the head of the country’s space agency said yesterday. The three-person mission would make the Asian giant the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to put people in space. “We are planning to
