By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Glasses-free 3D Still Years (and Years) Away

Do TV manufacturers not want 3D to succeed?Just before Thanksgiving, I noted how 3D HDTV makers couldn’t get retail 3D demos straight. Just before CES, I noted

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Further Confirmation

Best Buy’s poor results today are not a glimpse into the future but a mirror into the past. As we have been saying for much of 2010 this year is likely to be

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Is Ecommerce Hijacking Your Marketing Budget?

I recently sat down with a senior media executive at an ad agency servicing one of the large national retailers. While talking about 2011 marketing objectives and the

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Consumer Credit As Marketing Tool

Lou Pagliarini is consumer electronics and appliances VP of GE Money There are many signs of encouragement for electronics dealers including a stabilizing

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Fighting The Installed Base Battle

Stephen Baker is The NPD Group’s Vice President, Industry Analysis Microsoft released the consumer version of Office 2010 to retail a few weeks ago, and

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

The Online Path-To-Purchase

A manufacturer’s website is their single most important marketing tool. This isn’t hyperbole. This is the current reality. The retail world for consumer

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Reading Tea Leaves From An Empty Cup

Stephen Baker is The NPD Group’s vice president of industry analysis. Please visit The NPD Group’s main blog page . The last few weeks have been filled

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Innovation: The Need to be Different

In the late ’90s, Harvard professor/author Clayton Christensen wrote “The Innovator’s Dilemma” in which he described “sustaining

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It?

Stephen Baker, Vice President, Industry Analysis NPD has released the second in its series of iPad surveys. While the first looked at buying intentions prior to

By Alexander Muse On Aug 20 2012 - 11:26am

Why Consumers Want Connected TV

Stewart Wolpin is a blogger for DTC Thanks to a wave of connected TVs, media streamer set-top boxes and the recent introduction of Google TV by both Sony and