TWICE - March 8, 2004

Michael Dell will step down as Dell CEO and be replaced by Kevin Rollins, effective July 16. Previously, Rollins was Dell's COO. Dell will remain the company's chairman of the board. . . .Mike Vitelli, a 23-year Sony Electronics' veteran who resigned in December, joined Best Buy as senior VP/consumer electronics and product management.

• Accessories
• OSN Entering CE Access. Biz
• Sanus Adds To Line
• SoundKase Expands Wallets For Young Ladies
• Maxell Teams Its Distribution Operation
• Atlantic 'Bridges' Home, Portable CD Storage
• Memorex Relocates Headquarters
• Solar Power Backpack Charges CE Devices
• Aim Cleaning Kits At Costly Repair Bills

• Business News
• Costco Sales Jump 14%, Net Soars 25%
• Cobra Q4 Sales Slip, Income Climbs
• BJ's Q4 Sales, Net Climb
• Home Depot Q4 Sales, Net Rise
• Lowe's Q4 Sales Gain 20.1%
• Business Notes

• By The Numbers
• CEA's Consumers To Watch: The Latino Market
• January Major Appliance Shipments Up 5.7%
• CEA's Consumers To Watch: CE For Women

• Communications
• Cingular, AT&T Merger To Combine Different Distribution Strategies
• Proliferating PDA-Phones Get Wi-Fi, Megapixel Cameras

• Computer Technology
• Computer Briefs
• Gaming Segment Is Reviving PC Biz
• Sony Adds Three SKUs To Notebook Line

• Digital Imaging
• Flash Memory Flood Washes Over PMA
• Printing Options Abound At PMA Show
• More Digicams Bow In Scramble For Share

• Home Audio
• NHT To Enter Digital Domain With First DSP Speakers
• "Set-Top Audio" Markets Gets New Supplier: ZVOX
• Sony Expands SACD Selection, Upgrades Systems, Receivers

• Major Appliances
• Sears Adding Major Appliances To Most Hardware Stores

• Mobile Electronics
• Remote Starter Retail Sales Are Still Revved Up
• DVD Dominates Market For Overhead Monitors
• First There Was Nav, Now Car Computers
• Mobile Video Gets Best Buy Push

• News
• Sony Introduces Updated Line Of DVD Handycams
• Retailers Report Q4, February Sales Increases
• Samsung Cuts Its DLP Pricing By $500 A SKU
• Sony Introduces CableCARD TVs
• Panasonic, PNY To Ship miniSD
• Audiovox To Sell Majority Stake In Cellphone Unit
• Ingram Sees Opportunity As CE, IT Overlap
• Stereo One Joins HTSA Group
• Audiovox CE Segment 2003 Sales Soar
• Portable PlayStation Set For '05
• Exec Turnover Not A Concern As Sony Moves
• XM, Sirius Bow Local Weather, Traffic Services

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Unintended Uses Often Fuel Success Of New Technologies
• HTSA Wants To Go National, Start Ad Campaign
• Dealers Debate IT Move Into CE Market
• Dealers Pursue Different Paths To Customer Enlightenment
• MARTA Meeting In Florida

• Video/Home Satellite
• Audiovox Bows Acoustic Research Flat-Panel TV Line
• Humax Announces 1st Product Lineup
• Mintek Adds 10-Inch LCD/Portable DVD Player

• Viewpoint
• Changing Strategies