TWICE - May 9, 2005

Sky-high energy prices and apocalyptic weather patterns couldn't keep consumers away from CE stores last year, where shoppers flocked for iPods, affordable flat-panel TVs and home-theater installations. The CE feeding frenzy — and a flood of new storefronts — resulted in a 7.

• Accessories
• Gentec Bows Bluetooth Car Speakerphone For Mobile Phones
• Gefen Discounting HDTV Cables For HD Video Extension
• Lost, Found Registry Tracks Forgotten Portable CE Devices
• Wireless Accessories Expand At foneGear
• Vantage Point Mounts Ballpark A/V Line
• D-Box Offers Motion Simulated Home Theater Seating
• QuietSpot Extends The Shure Mobile Phone Headset Lineup
• Logitech Mouse Introduction Keys On Gamers
• WireTracks iCove Integrates Portable CE/Home
• LTB Audio Systems Intros High-End Headphones

• Business News
• EchoStar Revenue Jumps 28%, Reports Profit
• Toshiba CE's Sales Up 7% For Qtr., 11% For Yr.
• DirecTV U.S. Revenue Increases 35%
• Pioneer's Annual CE Sales Rise 7% To $2.84B
• Cobra Reports Lower Sales, $5.7 Million Net

• Communications
• Sprint PCS Introduces First U.S. 2-Megapixel Camera Phone
• Communications Briefs
• Multihandset Cellular Households Proliferate In U.S.

• Computer Technology
• AOpen Looks To Create A New Computer Niche For Retailers
• Averatec Intros Two Ultra-Portable Notebooks
• Toshiba Celebrates 20 Years In Notebook Market

• Digital Imaging
• Nikon Unveils New Consumer Digital SLR
• Canon Bows Ultra-Zoom Powershot
• Fujifilm Casts Net For Camera, Cam-Phone Printers

• Home Audio
• Last Of Top 10 Radio Groups Adopts HD Radio
• Blu-ray Boosting Dolby & MLP
• HD Radio Gets New Option For Surround Sound
• CEA: Multiroom-Audio Standard To Boost Builder Adoption Rates

• Major Appliances
• Indesit To Debut Ariston Brand at K/BIS
• AHAM Addresses Legislative Issues At Annual Meeting
• GE Majap Segment Earnings, Sales Rise
• Electrolux Q1 N.A. Shipments Off 6.5%
• Maytag Appliance Sales Drop 2.8% To $1.11 Billion
• Whirlpool North American Revenue Rises 4.5%

• Mobile Electronics
• Pioneer, Garmin Launch Ads For Nav Systems
• New Nav from Dual and Crimestopper
• New Nav With Embedded Maps Gaining Ground
• Correction
• Where Have All The High-End Installers Gone?
• Mobile Briefs

• News
• Panasonic Begins Pilot Blu-ray Line
• NATM Names Samsung Core Video Vendor
• Real Adds Portable Downloads, MP3 Rebate
• HP Unveils 10 TV Models, HDTV Media Centers
• Best Buy Set To Open 20% More Stores
• Matsushita's CE Segment Sales Rise 5% For Yr.
• Thomson Says MP3 Surround Gaining Ground
• Court Rules For Dolby In AC-3 Case
• TWICE People
• HTSA Adds 54th Member
• New, Downsized Ultimate To Keep Basic Strategy
• LGE Ships HD Plasma/DVR Combo Pair
• Samsung, Microsoft Ink HD Xbox Marketing Deal
• High Gas Prices Mute Discounters' April Sales
• Sony's Annual CE Sales Flat

• Retailing/E-tailing
• GameStop Picks Up Elec. Boutique
• 2005 JVC Jazz Festival Announced At Supper Club
• OfficeMax Retail Sales Dip 2%
• PRO Group Expects Expansion From Existing Members In 2005
• Tweeter Sales Dip 1%, Earnings Slide
• Sales Growing For PRO In Audio, Custom, Sat Radio And iPod Sales
• Nintendo Opening 1st 'World' Store
• Office Depot N.A. Q1 Sales Grow 6% To $1.7 Billion
• Tweeter Closing 19 Stores, Cutting Workforce By 6%
• PRO Marks 20 Years, Changing CE Market
• RadioShack's Sales Up 3%, But Profit Off
• Amazon CE Segment Sales Rise 25%

• Special Section
• TWICE Top 100 CE Retailers
• Hot Products, More Doors Drive Top 100 To $96.7B

• Video/Home Satellite
• TTE's 'Mass Market' Strategy Includes DLP, LCD TV
• NAB Sees Various Codependent Synergies With CE
• Samsung Introduces 1,080p DLP Models

• Viewpoint
• HDTV Drove Top 100 Sales In '04