TWICE - November 11, 2002

StephenBaker, sales and marketing VP with Denon Electronics for 18 years, promoted to senior VP of sales and marketing for the Consumer and Professional Audio Divisions, a new position…Jan Luna, a sixteen-year Yamaha veteran who was most recently national sales manager of the Consumer Products Division, named general manager of the division…Dan Infanti, former strategic marketing an...

• Accessories
• SmartDisk Bows Popular DVD Media Formats
• Belkin Debuts Isolator Line
• Compuframe Turns PC Monitor Into Communications Center
• Fellowes Intros Labeling System
• Hang Ten Debuts Wireless Phone Accessories
• Digital Video Security Kit For PC Bows
• Pioneer Ships High-End Headphones
• Ambico Intros Maintenance Kits
• Rayovac Restructures, Cuts 14% Of Workforce
• Wambold Video Cabinet Houses Projection TVs

• Business News
• Duracell Third Quarter Sales Decrease 4 %, Profit Up 41 %
• Earnings Briefs
• Rayovac Fis. Q4 N.A. Sales Drop 3%, Profit Rises
• SanDisk Q3 Product Sales Soar 130%
• Energizer Increases Fis. Q4 N.A. Sales 1%
• SONICblue Q3 Revenue Soars 43%

• By The Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard

• Communications
• Samsung To Speed Up Launch Pace, Stoke Demand For Step-Up Phones
• Samsung Roadmap: More PDA-Phones

• Computer Technology
• NeoMagic Develops Processing Technology For PDAs, Cellphones
• Retailers Trust Rebates To Pull In PC Customers
• eBay To Launch Electronics Site During Comdex
• Palm States Beliefs For New Products
• Dial-Up Modems' Domination To Continue
• Las Vegas Prepares For Comdex Fall 2002
• Toshiba Launches DVD-RW Equipped Notebook Computer

• Digital Imaging
• Imaging Briefs
• CPXe Consortium Formed For Online Retail Directory

• Home Audio
• Consortium: More Schools Adding Installation-Training Curriculum
• Survey: Installers Expect '03 Growth

• Major Appliances
• Most Advertised Refrigerators And Their Prices
• New Maytag Group Aims At Luxury Segment
• Whirlpool Targets Men With Gladiator Line

• Mobile Electronics
• Automatic Car Locators Stuck In A Small Niche Market
• New Mobile Video Products, Subwoofers At SEMA
• Mobile Briefs

• News
• Toshiba CE Sales Rose During Its Q2
• Sharp, C'City Ink Exclusive Notebook Deal
• More High-Tech Pavilions Set For CES
• Apple Introduces PowerBooks With DVD Burners
• Pioneer Reports Q2 Overseas Sales Drop 6.5%
• Flagship DigiCams From Argus, Toshiba
• Ingram Micro's Q3 N.A. Sales Off 12%
• Wiz Q3 Sales Down 21.5%; Losses Grow
• Emerson Reports Fiscal Q2 CE Sales Rise 10%
• Amazon Q3 Sales For CE Segment Rises 25 Percent
• Hitachi's CE, Blank Media Sales Up
• Cobra's Q3 Sales Increase 2.5%
• Retailers Report Sales Soft In October, 3rd Qtr.
• Toshiba Reaping Benefits Of Brand Upgrade

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Music MAP Suit Settled For $67M
• Performance-Based Selling Is A/V Specialists' Salvation
• Holiday Forecast: Cloudy, With Chance Of Overstock
• Retail Briefs
• Silver Lining For CE Sales?
• Kmart Testing New Prototype Store

• Video/Home Satellite
• DTV Year In Review: Powell Plan Shadows 2002
• Samsung Produces 46-Inch Direct-View LCD TV

• Viewpoint
• CE Is Not For The Faint Of Heart