TWICE - May 13, 2002

Ritz Camera is reportedly buying Portland-based photography retailer Camera World and its Cameraworld.com e-commerce Web site. Ritz, the nation's No. 1 camera chain, announced that its e-tail subsidiary, Ritz Interactive, has acquired Cameraworld.com. But in a statement, the company stressed that Camera World's lone brick & mortar store "will continue normal operation...

• Accessories
• Energizer Fiscal Q2 Sales Dip 2% In North America
• RhinoSkin Bows iPAQ Case
• Duracell's 1st Quarter Sales Decrease By 3%, Company Takes Loss
• Rayovac Fiscal 2nd Qtr. Sales Slide 7% In N.A.
• Vantage Point Bows Television Mounts For Walls, Ceilings
• Digital Cameras, Rechargeables Drive Battery biz
• Boomeranglt Offers CE Lost-And-FoundRegistration Service
• Lowepro Debuts Camera Backpack That's Waterproof

• Business News
• Pioneer Overseas A/V Sales Rise 2.8% For Year
• Business Notes
• Nokia 1st Quarter Phone Profit Flat, Sales Off 7%
• Microsoft Fiscal Q3 Desktop Sales Climb 11%
• Sony Ericsson Team Reports Q1 Break-Even
• Motorola Phone Segment Posts Q1 Gain

• By The Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard
• Audio Déjà Vu: Q1 Sales Fall To '99 Level

• Communications
• Top Paging Carriers Exit Retail Though Two-Way Selection Grows
• 802.11b Hot-Spot Service Grows To Cover City Blocks
• Cordless Sales Clipped In Q1 At Retail

• Computer Technology
• eMachines Overhaul Continues
• PC Speaker Average Selling Price Rising
• PC Briefs
• Samsung Pushes Down Laser Printer Price

• Home Audio
• Niles, SpeakerCraft Ink Agreement
• CEDIA Mulls Event Changes
• Sonance Adds To Speaker Lines

• Major Appliances
• Marvel Honors Distributors At Kitchen/Bath Show
• Samsung Intros First Microwave Toaster Oven
• Maytag Sponsors Women's Soccer

• Mobile Electronics
• Delphi Will Supply Telematics Units For DEI/Wingcast
• Suppliers Match Last Year's Promo Budgets
• Mobile Briefs
• Wal-Mart Sets Test Marketing Of XM, Sirius
• MERA Elects New Board Of Directors
• Dragster Car Audio Enters U.S. Market
• Crutchfield Enters Custom Car Accessories

• News
• Kevin Smith Directs Panasonic TV Ads For e-wear
• HomePlug Sets Product Rollout As Major Priority
• TWICE People
• Zenith Focuses On Direct-View, Flat-Panel TVs
• Bose Adds Room Correction To Two Home Theater Systems
• Ultimate, Harvey Post Sales Gains For The Quarter
• EchoStar Drops Satellite For DSL Service
• CableVision Says Wiz Q1 Net Dropped 7.5%
• TWICE's Tarr Among Those Honored By Academy Of Digital TV Pioneers
• IDC Report: Digicam Sales Up
• Sears' Settecase: Riding the New Wave of White Goods
• SonicBlue Sales Increase For Q1; Net Loss Is Cut
• EchoStar Posts 28% Revenue Gain, 25% Subscriber Growth During Q1
• Cuban: Ignore Hollywood's Smokescreen
• PARA Conference Breaks Attendance Record
• Congress Gets Earful On Digital Copy Protection
• Shapiro Calls For Cable Interoperability With DTV
• JVC Reports 7% CE Sales Increase During Fiscal Yr.
• Buying Groups Say Business Is Buoyant, By And Large
• Matsushita's A/V Sales Up 2% During Fiscal Year
• HE2002 Returns To New York May 30
• Tauzin Stands Firm On 2006 Deadline
• Sony's Electronics Sales Drop 7.3% In Fiscal Q4
• HP To Keep Pavilion And Presario PCs
• Olympus Bows 2 New 3-Megapixel Digital Cameras

• Retailing/E-tailing
• STORIS Slates User Conference
• HES Unveils First Marketing Initiative
• Custom, Plasma Fueling HTSA Growth
• Good Guys, Brandsmart Find Partsearch
• The Art And Science Of Good Inventory Investment
• Chess, Geo-Politics And The Consumer Electronics Industry

• Video/Home Satellite
• JVC Readies HDTV PVR, D-VHS Software
• AOL, TiVo DVR Deal Revamped
• DirecTV Adds Third HD Channel: Showtime