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CeX Store: “It’s a Brilliant Concept”
CeX Stores – Capitalising on the fast-paced and ongoing development of home entertainment technology, Cex Store is a dynamic retail concept with massive market potential. Adam Browning reports.
In the fast and ever developing world of high-end electronic entertainment, CeX provides a valuable service to technology enthusiasts wishing to stay ahead of the game. The ongoing advancements of mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, computers and games consoles means models are quickly updated and replaced. The CeX business model allows customers to buy-and-sell part-exchange quality second-hand technology and entertainment products at attractive prices and with a 12-month warranty – CeX is the one-stop-shop for gadget lovers.
So confident is CeX of its franchise opportunity that, for a limited period, the company is offering a ‘Buy Back Guarantee’ for new franchisees. Subject to conditions, CeX will refund stock, shop build and fit costs and take over the store management and running costs should the franchise not meet the franchisees’ expectations.
Continue ReadingTimbuktu: New home for ancient texts in Timbuktu
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe will visit Mali this weekend to witness the official opening of a new state-of-the-art facility built with South African help to house and preserve the Timbuktu Manuscripts – priceless ancient documents which are thought to hold the key to some of the secrets of Africa’s history and cultural heritage.
Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure will join Motlanthe at the opening of the new facility, which forms part of the South Africa-Mali project initiated by former president Thabo Mbeki in 2002, following a visit to Timbuktu in 2001. Mbeki has also been invited to Saturday’s ceremony.
The project, a flagship cultural initiative of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad), set out to conserve the Timbuktu Manuscripts by building a state-of-the-art archive to house them.
Continue ReadingFamilies of victims in Highway of Tears investigation to get update
Prince George, B.C.- Families of the 18 missing or murdered women who are part of the E-Pana investigation received an update from those investigators yesterday.
The all day session was the fifth since the task force was formed to examine the cases which were under the umbrella of what has become known as the “Highway of Tears” cases. The investigations was expanded to include several other cases that are not linked with Highway 16 but had similarities.
There were nearly 20 family members in attendance for the day long session.
RCMP Constable Annie Linteau says the session was held at the E-Panna investigators offices in Surrey so family members could see the volume of material that has been generated in the investigations. “Even I was surprised at the amount of information that has been gathered over the years, so the family members can now see why it is taking time to go through all of this information.”
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