Lights Out For Giants
R.I.P. hhgregg & Radioshack. Is Sears Next? That shudder you felt last month was the closing of more than a thousand CE retail stores...
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R.I.P. hhgregg & Radioshack. Is Sears Next? That shudder you felt last month was the closing of more than a thousand CE retail stores...
Imaging boost can boost image While mobile phone disrupter OnePlus has been lauded for its affordable “flagship killers,” imaging has not necessarily been one...
CEDIA has accepted the resignation of global president/CEO Vin Bruno, effective immediately. Bruno has resigned “to focus on new opportunities in the residential and...
Best Buy’s recent deal with smart-home systems provider Vivint is upping the retailer’s stake in the connected space. Beginning this summer, Best Buy customers...
New research suggests security concerns remain a major roadblock to mass-market penetration of connected-home devices, while also offering new opportunities for add-on sales. According...
LG Electronics garnered a 20 percent share of the U.S. mobile phone market for the first time last quarter, reinforcing its position as this...
CE manufacturers most often make headlines by announcing new hardware or software products — which is great if you can sell them. Less frequently,...
“The ear is the new wrist,” proclaimed Nikolaj Hviid, CEO and founder of Bragi as he announced the two new editions of his company’s...
Microsoft held its annual Build event for developers at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle earlier this month. Here are the biggest developments....
It’s report card time again. Not only are my kids winding down the school year but now that the fiscal year has ended its...
Customer service is more than just smiling and talking about the key points of your products. Good service pros know that asking the right...
Samsung and Amazon are teaming to deliver a higher standard of high-dynamic-range (HDR) performance to the video market. The Samsung-backed HDR10+ technology (based on...
More than half of U.S. consumers plan to buy a smart-home device in the next two years, and of those who already own one,...
Does having the lowest prices result in more sales? According to a Bain & Co. survey, customers’ perceptions are often at odds with reality....
Joining the rising tide of turntable sales (see House of Marley’s newest model, the ecofriendly Stir It Up. Manufactured with a solid bamboo plinth,...
Editor’s note: On the heels of our April 17 Luxury Issue, we asked our friends at Future-source Consulting to identify what sector of the...
Consumers’ propensity to spend their hard-earned greenbacks on consumer electronics is on the rise. According to the latest monthly index from the Consumer Technology...
The percentage of consumers who prefer watching TV shows on TV sets plummeted by 55 percent over the past year, said market research firm...
Everything old is new again (again). As consumers open their wallets for nostalgia — and manufacturers build in advanced features to products — one...
Onkyo USA released a firmware update for select home theater, hi-fi and lifestyle audio components that activates Chromecast built-in audio streaming, as well as...
Vizio unveiled a complete A/V assortment for the home including new M-Series HDR TVs, soundbars and wireless speakers. The new SmartCast M-Series Ultra HD...
The moment I first used a dishwasher, I was sold. I grew up in a house with grandparents who cooked and cleaned up most...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai is expected to brief the House Energy & Commerce Committee on his plans to roll back his...
Bang & Olufsen is a known name in the high-end audio market, but its newest project has still managed to raise eyebrows. The BeoSound...
Legacy CE is rife with sleepy, commoditized product categories but few have been as marginalized as PCs. Enter Mike Abary, a former Samsung (Chromebook)...
As part of our April 17 issue, TWICE examined some of the biggest players in the luxury consumer electronics market. What follows is a...
If anyone knows luxury its the folks at Architectural Digest, who more than tens years have been featuring luxury furniture, lighting, kitchen and bath,...
For discriminating beer drinkers, it’s the best of all times. Once limited to watery, mass production lagers, suds swallowers can now choose from thousands...
The liquidation of assets is well underway at hhgregg and the chain expects to shut its doors for good by June. But in death...
On the heels of releasing unaudited third-quarter results, Toshiba is facing a possible delisting by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the rumored sale of its...
As he took the stage to deliver his opening address at HTSA Spring Conference, an emotional Jon Robbins paused, trying to fight back tears....
“Time is money.“ This maxim was penned by Benjamin Franklin in 1748. Fast forward over 250 years, and I submit that today time is...
Retailers, specifically brick-and-mortar, seem to be getting an unfair rap in the wake of some significant announcements. For example, Sears, JCPenny and hhgregg have...
I’m well into my second year as chair of the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)™ Accessories Division, and happy to report our division is unified...
The Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)™ member companies are the architects and engineers of tomorrow, some of whom are developing the next platform of USB...
Social media permeates our culture: over 1.8 billion monthly active users on Facebook, 600 million on Instagram and 106 million on LinkedIn. Many of...
Hisense has become an official sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, making it the first-ever Chinese CE brand to support the...
Starpower Home Entertainment Systems, Dallas’ premium A/V, custom-install and home appliance chain, formally opened its newest concept store n the suburb of Southlake, providing...
ProSource, the industry’s largest buying group for A/V specialty dealers and custom integrators, has an aggressive growth plan. President/CEO Dave Workman believes the ranks...
When asked to comment on President Trump’s attempt to completely defund the Energy Star energy efficiency program, Nationwide senior executive Tom Hickman went with...
Now that the anonymous bidder that had agreed in principal to buy hhgreeg has backed out the deal, the beleaguered retailer is left contemplating...