MARKET SHARE NEWS ON FASTMOVING

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s quarterly operating profit surged 26 percent to a new record, matching estimates and powered by a strong recovery in its memory chip business as smartphone sales growth eases sharply. read more

San Jose, Calif. -- Retailers are cautiously optimistic about the 2013 holiday season, with 60% forecasting revenue growth in excess of 10%, in line with industry forecasts, according to a survey by Baynote, a provider of personalized customer experience solutions. read more

Microsoft Corp’s Surface tablets have yet to make any profit as sputtering sales have been eclipsed by advertising costs and an accounting charge, according to the software company’s annual report. read more

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments are expected to grow 58.7% year over year in 2013 reaching 229.3 million units, up from 144.5 million units last year. read more

Choppies Enterprise Limited, the opaque retail store, issued a trading update earlier last month ahead of its two-year ambitious plan that will see its turnover hitting the US$ 1 billion mark (about P 8 billion) per annum. .  read more

An estimated 405 million handsets, including 197 million smartphones, were shipped in the first quarter of 2013, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research.  read more

Shares of JSE-listed Mr Price gained 3 percent to R118.98 on Wednesday’s early trade after it said figures for the year ended March would be higher than in the previous reporting period. read more

New York - The Wall Street Journal says Apple is set for a possible summer launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models. read more

Sony Corp’s board chairman, Howard Stringer, who headed the company as chief executive for six years until last April, will retire from Japan’s struggling consumer electronics giant in June, the Financial Times reported. read more

New York - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion begins its comeback bid on Wednesday with a new platform launch in a make-or-break move for a firm that is rapidly sinking in the smartphone market it once dominated. read more

Kenya’s large sugar millers are losing ground in the retail market as consumers opt for lesser known but more pocket-friendly brands.  read more

Toronto - Shares of Research In Motion surged more than 15% in Toronto on Thursday on rising optimism about its soon-to-be-launched BlackBerry 10 devices, the company's response to Apple's iPhone and to Android-based smartphones. read more

Johannesburg - Massmart Holdings [JSE:MSM] expects no growth in margins until the end of 2013 as the unit of Wal-Mart Stores forges ahead with an aggressive cut-price strategy to double market share in food sales. read more

Nestle SA (NESN) increased the size of its first sale of dollar bonds in four months to $500 million as European companies tap U.S. debt markets at the fastest pace in a year-and-a-half. read more

Johannesburg - In an aim to grow market share, fashion retailer Mr Price Group [JSE:MPC] will launch an online shopping platform later this year.  read more

San Francisco - Dell forecast disappointing second-quarter revenue as United States and European corporate tech spending weakens and consumer personal computer sales continue to shrink, hammering its shares.  read more

PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi has taken over a coconut-water company, acquired a dairy in Russia and spent millions on a philanthropic marketing campaign. Her next big investment has a more familiar name: Pepsi-Cola. read more

Pick n Pay elaborate on growth in emerging market, their Private label, clothing and liquor. Furthermore, Smartshopper looks to be exceptionally promising, and they look at further expansion into Africa. read more

Shoprite said its market share for June had risen to 34,4% this year from 32,9% last year. Over the same time, it said, Pick n Pay’s share had fallen to 31% from 32,9%. read more

Johannesburg - Shoprite Holdings [JSE:SHP], Africa's biggest grocer, booked a 16% rise in full-year profit as its mainstay South African customers warm up to spending due to decades-low interest rates and tentative economic growth.  read more

Brandhouse has gained a further 2.6 % share of the total South African beer market bringing its market share to 12.8%. The gain in market share was achieved on the back of brandhouse’s substantial growth in its beer volume sales of 36.7% across Heineken, Amstel and Windhoek.  read more

The battle for market share between South Africa's retail giants Shoprite Holdings and Pick n Pay seems to be hotting up. read more

Johannesburg – Shoprite Holdings [JSE:SHP] continues to assert its market leadership, analysts said on Thursday, after the group posted impressive sales figures for the financial year to end-June 2010. read more

Shoprite Holdings , SA ’s biggest retailer by market value, and Pick n Pay Stores were rated “buy” in new coverage at Avior Research on the outlook for margin growth and inflation. read more