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Dell Australia has selected office stationery and IT supplies chain, OfficeWorks, as its first local retail partner.

Dell is primed to enter the mobile-phone arena with a smartphone, but it will need an Apple iPhone killer to really make a dent in the market, analysts said.

The trend toward users buying notebook computers instead of desktop PCs is helping boost market share for companies that have a strong retail presence, such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer, according to analysts.

Dell has scaled back the range of consumer PCs with processors from Advanced Micro Devices that it sells on its Web site, focussing almost exclusively on systems with Intel processors.

Dell on Wednesday announced the shutdown of retail kiosks in malls throughout the US as it adjusts its evolving product distribution strategy. A local Dell spokesperson said the shutdown would not impact the Australian market and its nine kiosks nationally.

U.K. supermarket chain Tesco will launch six PC software applications under its own brand, including a word processor and antivirus software, later this month. The software packages will sell for under £20 (AUD$50), and will include free online support via e-mail.

U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) will extend its ongoing trial of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for the management of its clothing stock from nine of its stores to 53 in the second quarter of next year.

Growing support for RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging among technology vendors and retailers is creating both conveniences for consumers and new threats to their privacy.

In what it believes to be the first trial of its kind, U.K. cable company NTL Group Ltd. will launch a free trial of a wireless broadband network in London within the next two weeks.

A new text messaging game has been launched in the UK offering pub-goers the opportunity to win free beer.

Woolworths has dovetailed onto the World Wide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the world's largest buying exchange believed to be worth $US450 billion, to boost product buying volumes and cut overhead costs.