TWICE - May 7, 2001

Toshiaki Urushisako named Sharp Electronics Corp. U.S. chairman and CEO of North/South American Operations, replacing Toshiyuki Tajima, who returns to Japan to assume Urushisako's previous position as Sharp International Business Group corporate director/deputy general manager … William Kopp, Panasonic Communication and Home Office Electronics Division VP, named president of Panasonic Di...

• Accessories
• Batteries All Charged Up For Summer Selling Season

• Business News
• Cobra Terminates Lowrance Deal
• Double-Digit Gains In Revenue, Subscribers In Q1 For EchoStar

• By the Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard
• In-Stat: Bluetooth Market To Expand

• Communications
• In-Stat: 2.5G Strong, But Initial Demand For 3G Weak
• Communications Briefs
• Cordless Phone Market Poised For Growth in '01

• Computer Technology
• Miniature DigiCam For Cell Phones Unveiled
• Oak Technology Unveils SimpliCD
• PC Industry Pummeled In First Quarter Of 2001
• Walkman, Home Entertainment Take Center Stage In Sony Campaign
• HandEra Introduces High-End Palm OS-Based Handheld
• PC Briefs

• Home Audio
• Specialists Urged To Create In-Store Experiences, Reach Out To Women
• Bass Management Developed For DVD-Audio, SACD
• Who's Delivering Bass Management Boxes

• Interactive Entertainment
• Retail Lifeline Seen In New Platforms
• New Line Home Ent. Launches Interactive DVD Brand
• Top 20 Best Selling Interactive Software Titles

• Major Appliances
• Majap Execs Think Worst Over, Optimistic About Retail Demand
• Flurry Of High-End Appliance Introductions Fill K/BIS Show
• Web-Ready Units Primed For Retail

• Mobile Electronics
• New Remote Starters Added To Bulldog Line
• Panasonic Bowing Car Theater-In-A-Box
• DVD Set To Overtake High-End CD
• Clarification
• Gen X Survey Cites JL Audio
• Donnelly Enters Car Aftermarket
• GM Adding Wall Street Journal Content To OnStar

• News
• Apple Adds New iBook For Students
• Aiwa's Audio Sales Slump 15.6% In Fiscal Year While Video Grows
• Energizer Fiscal Q2 Take Upturn
• CTIA: During '00 New Subscriber Growth Doubled
• Sony Fiscal Q4 Sales In U.S. Rise 20%
• FujiFilm Bows FinePix Truck Promo
• A/V Sales Up 3% For Matsushita In Fiscal 2001
• AVB SW Chapter Forms Separate Buying Group
• Correction
• Forbes, Anderson Keynote Speakers For CEO Summit
• CEA Reports Digital TV Products Hit One Million Unit Milestone In Q1
• Philips Stressing CD-R, MP3, DVD In '01 Lineup
• Constants In A Sea Of Change
• Rayovac Battery Sales Climb 15%
• Memorex Raises Blank Recordable CD Prices June 1
• Players Draw Battle Lines For E3

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Buying Groups Optimistic About '01 Sales
• Shapiro Tackles Environmental, Issues At Industry Conference
• Companies Come And Go, But Brands Live On Forever

• Video/Home Satellite
• CEA, NAB Launch Joint DTV Promo
• Pegasus Offers 'Spring Ahead' Starz! Special
• EchoStar Pushes New DishPVR System At $200
• Groups Merge Digital Watermarking Efforts