Reporter’s Notebook

Apple is doomed. You heard it here first. No, wait. Actually, I read it here first. Ali Meshkati is a private money manager and...

As if e-commerce wasn’t enough of a headache, brick-and-mortar retailers in California now face another serious challenge. There, a pair of appellate court decisions...

LG Mobile announced a multilevel marketing campaign that ties into the “Green Lantern” movie to promote the company’s Revolution 4G Android superphone, which is...

With the Northeast currently melting in the sun, it’s hard to remember that just a few short months ago remote-start installers were finally breathing...

J.D. Power interviewed 18,000 car owners last month to determine which auto technologies consumers are most interested in — both before and after the...

The tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., on Sunday evoked bitter memories in Omaha, where an F4 twister destroyed apartments, an elementary school and...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum next year will host an exhibit called the Art of Video Games. The event, running from March 16, 2012...

Apple’s impact on the consumer audio industry has been nothing short of astounding, but the company that generates most of its sales volume from...

 Because it’s always fun to bust on industry giants: Top Ten Apple Excuses 10. “It’s not ’spying’, it’s ‘iSpying’” 9. “So…you don’t want us...

With Cisco reversing course and dumping its recently purchased Flip camcorder division earlier this week, can a similar move with its other consumer division,...

When I first read the story of a RadioShack franchise running a promotion that gave away a free shotgun, my first reaction was holy...

Chatter regarding another Walmart-GE appliance pilot has resumed, this time in the Wall Street Journal where “analysts and consultants familiar with the retailer’s plans”...

Austin, Texas – As the dust settles following the March 11 earthquake in northeastern Japan, DisplaySearch analysts are beginning to hear of possible long-term...

Austin, Texas – DisplaySearch Greater China market VP David Hsieh has released a blog on the DisplaySearch website assessing the possible disruption that the...

This is the year wireless multi-room audio enters the mainstream, and it could whet consumers’ appetite for higher priced custom-installed multi-room-audio systems. Consider these...

This is an interesting story from CNNMoney that discusses how high and low-end goods are now starting to sell, to the detriment of mid-priced...

Independent retailers like Mark Lynch of Jeff Lynch Appliance, a TWICE Top 100 majap dealer in Greenville, S.C., are feeling more than a little...

If the reports popping up on the web today are accurate, Apple plans to announce the iPad 2 on March 2. The primary indicator...

My heart surged with audio pride as I watched a pair of commercials during the recent Grammy awards — until I saw who did...

My husband and I don’t usually do much for Valentine’s Day, but I think I’ve been selling myself short all these years. Who needs...

Forecasting a revitalized merger and acquisition market, the folks at Dow Jones Investment Banker have revisited a favorite rumor-du-jour, circa 2008: Haier’s purchase of...

Well, it’s not the world’s tallest man or the world’s longest sandwich, but it’s not too shabby either: Mad Catz said its Cyborg R.A.T.7...

Best Buy is considering a switch from its traditional sales-event based high-low pricing policy to the everyday-low-pricing approach (EDLP) employed by Walmart. According to...

Documentary film producer Steve Kosareff is planning a chronicle of the demise of U.S. TV vendors as told through the eyes of independent dealers....

E Ink, the technology that enables e-readers, is about to make a leap onto the battlefield and not as an entertainment device for our...

I don’t go to my local Salvation Army store out of economic desperation. I want to make that clear, but I am a Salvation...

Suddenly trade shows are becoming less and less about the trade and more and more about consumer hype. The days of writing retailer orders...

IBM has been working on a super computer that can win at “Jeopardy,” and I have a strong feeling this technological development might save...

Although tablets, 3D TVs of various stripes and new IPTV platforms dominated much of the hype during last week’s International CES, two of the...

Move over CE and make room for major appliances, which will likely become a permanent fixture at International CES. After years of torch-carrying by...

Bill Gates may be an uber geek, but he knew how to have fun at CES and this is something Steve Ballmer should try...

The audio-component industry is ending the year with some good news and some bad news. Consumer spending on audio components is rising once again...

Duracell has conducted a study showing that parents are more likely to be frustrated by charging cables than non-parenting adults. This really isn’t too...

The people have spoken. Much like many of the political races that will run their course today, TWICE’s latest poll asking if the election...

The rumors are flying this morning that Apple is looking to buy Sony, or Adobe or Disney. Well, at least the pundits on the...

The cellular industry has been chock full of surprises, courtesy of Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Research In Motion (RIM), and the big four carriers. First...

Meet Glisignoli, an anonymous CE retail worker. This is his story: “Six years ago I finished a computer certificate and, being 19 with nothing...

Panasonic’s “Green Plan 2018″ announcement here in Tokyo last week was yet another indication of the paradigm shift at play in the consumer electronics...

Tune to CBS.com to watch the hilarity of Grand Curmudgeon Andy Rooney ranting about smart cars and technology in general. Other than the glaring...

Naysayers had said the $300 million in federal “cash for appliances” rebates was too little to stimulate sales, but the ebb and flow of...

Best Buy is stressing its commitment to the PC category after citing steep computer cannibalization by iPad. According to a story in last week’s...

Digital book readership is at about 4 percent of the book-reading population, according to a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press...