TWICE - July 25, 2005

When certain U.S. executives of several CE companies were asked after the Fourth of July, “What did you do during the weekend?” they had a unique answer: They attended the 2005 China International Consumer Electronics Show (SINOCES), held here July 1-4. The third annual show is China's largest CE event and was sponsored by the Consumer Electronics A...

• Accessories
• Fuji Unveils Digital Camera Accessories Kit
• Allsop Intros Compact, Decorative Storage Boxes
• Targus Notebook Case Beefs Up Protection
• Targus Gearing Up With Executive Storage
• Booming iPod Biz Broadens Accessories Opportunities
• Shure Ships Sound-Isolating Earphones
• Belkin Links iPod To Home Theater
• New Slappa Case Holds 600 Discs

• Business News
• Audiovox 2nd Qtr. CE Sales Double
• iPod At Core Of Apple's Shiny Sales
• Philips CE Segment Sales Off 2%
• RadioShack Posts Higher Q2 Sales, Lower Net Income
• Samsung CE Biz Reports 19% Sales Slide

• By The Numbers
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard
• CEA: Custom Audio Sales Up 11% YTD

• Communications
• Mass Market Buyer Pushes Atlinks To Top
• MVNOs Targeting Direct, Indirect Sales

• Computer Technology
• Consumer Friendliness Key To PSC 1315 Sales
• HP Layoffs Not Seen To Affect Consumer Biz

• Custom Networking
• NETWORKING BRIEFS
• iPort Adds In-Wall Docks For iPods
• Smarthome Ships Insteon Powerline, Wireless Network
• Crestron Adds Wireless For Step-Up Installs

• Digital Imaging
• Canon Powers Way To Top
• Strong 2nd Half For Flash-Memory Sales

• Home Audio
• Step-Up HTiB Pricing Yields Stepped-Up Volume

• Major Appliances
• Whirlpool Q2 N.A. Revenue Rises 5.2%, Profit Off
• Electrolux Q2 Sales Rise 6.3%
• Haier Group Bails On Maytag Bid
• Whirlpool And Maytag: A Good Mix?

• Mobile Electronics
• Portable Real-Time Traffic From Garmin
• Volvo Offers PhatNoise HDD, iPod Adapters As Dealer Option
• Rockford Launches “Lottery” Promo
• Portable Nav To Slow After 2006, Study Finds
• Pioneer's AVIC-N1 Redefines In-Dash Navigation
• MOBILE BRIEFS

• News
• Tweeter Merges Sales, Install Divisions
• Sharp Plays Up Sports In Campaign
• NATM Adds Sharp To Its Core Video Vendor Lineup
• Richter, Kestenbaum Form CE Sourcing Firm
• Brillian To Merge With Flat TV Maker Syntax
• TWICE People
• Konica Minolta, Panasonic Go After Repeat Digicam Buyers
• Linear Adds Niles Audio To Custom Lineup
• ADL To Honor Lee, Komiyama, Throgmartin
• Plantronics Buying Altec Lansing In $166M Deal
• Distributors Team Up To Sell Convergence
• Support Grows For '09 Analog TV Cutoff Date

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Amazon Marks 10th Anniversary
• Ingram Micro Buying AVAD
• Bernie's Lays Out Plans For Growth, Succession
• Wealthy Drawn To Warehouse Clubs
• Cherchez La Femme
• Retailing briefs

• Video/Home Satellite
• Sharp Announces Dual-Angle LCD
• HD DVD Offers Contrary Survey
• Disc Duel
• Panasonic Seizes Plasma Title With Viera Display

• Viewpoint
• iPod Redux