Amazon Q3 Sales For CE Segment Rises 25 Percent
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(Due to a production error, this story did not appear in its entirety in the Nov. 11 issue of TWICE.) SEATTLE – Lower prices...
(Due to a production error, this story did not run in its entirety in the Nov. 11 issue of TWICE.) New York – The...
Palo Alto – Hewlett-Pacakard announced today that Michael Capellas will resign his position as president and his seat on the company’s board of directors....
Cleveland – Driven by increased customer counts and higher average revenue per transaction, OfficeMax recorded a 5.8 percent rise in consolidated sales for its...
The majority of custom installers polled by CEDIA experienced growth in the first half of 2002, and on average they predict double-digital percentage gains...
The four-year-old inter-industry effort to develop an installation-training curriculum is making inroads with private and public technical schools and colleges. In 2001, more than...
The digital television revolution didn’t exactly take the country by storm in 2002, but significant strides were made on the road to the Federal...
Samsung announced here that it has developed an “industry leading” 46W-inch direct-view LCD panel. The large panel display is part of an expanding lineup...
The 2003 International CES promotional road show visited the Big Apple, after visits to China, San Francisco, Mexico and Washington, updating the press on...
Many major CE vendors have a popular new strategy to upgrade their brands. They design cutting-edge digital lineups aimed at retailers that have salespeople...
Maytag has formed the Maytag Specialty Group to target the luxury segment of residential kitchen appliances and to expand the company’s commercial foodservice business....
Retailers reported middling sales results for October and the just-ended third quarter. While some analysts suggest that weak autumn sales could portend pent-up demand...
Despite a slew of grim economic indicators, all is not doom and gloom for holiday CE sales. While acknowledging the “very tough selling environment,”...
Kmart has completed work on a new prototype store that was designed to address some of the problems plaguing the bankrupt discount chain. The...
The unique set of circumstance facing retailers this quarter — economic uncertainty, the threat of war, seaport logjams — has cast the outlook for...
Having filled the kitchen with its refrigerators and ranges, the laundry room with its washers and dryers, the bedroom with its Personal Valet clothes...
Most Advertised Refrigerators And Their Prices September 2002
Pioneer has introduced HDJ-1000, high-end headphones with a futuristic look that offer lightweight design and exceptional sound quality. Appealing to serious music lovers, the...
Accounting for 55 percent of its worldwide total, sales in North America at Ingram Micro dropped 12.1 percent in the third quarter, to $3.1...
Toshiba reported strong sales of portable personal computers, peripherals and visual equipment — including color televisions — during its fiscal second quarter, ended Sept....
Increased worldwide sales of plasma displays for home use, combined with growing volume of digital cable television set-top boxes in the United States, did...
Expanding audio product sales and enhanced licensing revenue helped the consumer electronics segment at Emerson Radio post a 9.9 percent net revenue increase in...
Mobile communications products manufacturer Cobra Electronics recorded a 2.5 percent increase in sales during the third quarter, hitting $35.9 million, up from $35.1 million...
Following a restructuring of consumer electronics retailer The Wiz, begun in the third quarter, parent company Cablevision Systems reported a 21.5 percent pro forma...
Cloaked by a lackluster global economy and slowing U.S. economy, Hitachi still was able to raise fiscal six month sales in its digital media...
Sharp Electronics has signed an exclusive deal with Circuit City that makes the retailer the only nationwide chain to carry the company’s new notebook...
Computer retailers are turning their collective back on conventional advertising and instead are offering rebates in greater numbers to help drive sales, according to...
Online auctioneer eBay will officially launch eBay Electronics on Nov. 18 at Comdex Fall 2002, a new Web site where all CE and computer...
With the shipment of the Zire and Tungsten lines, Palm unveiled a new product development strategy that has the company developing products based on...
Apple revamped its notebook computer line last week with the introduction of several new PowerBooks, including the new two-unit Titanium PowerBook G4 line that...
Despite the buzz now surrounding broadband, it will take at least four more years before the speedy Internet access technology displaces the venerable dial-up...
Toshiba has started shipping its first notebook equipped with a rewritable drive. The Satellite 5202-S703 is a multimedia-centric device featuring an integrated DVD-R/-RW drive,...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ keynote address will once again mark the start of Comdex Fall, with show organizers hoping for a rejuvenated show compared...
The industry’s three largest music retailers and five biggest record companies are paying $67.4 million in cash and $75.7 million in CDs to settle...
As the holiday selling season begins, Argus and Toshiba put their best foot forward, introducing the flagship digital cameras in their respective lines. Argus...
NeoMagic unveiled a new processing technology for handhelds, such as PDAs and cellphones, which is able to support multimedia applications even at low processor...
“Home entertainment” is increasingly becoming a commodity business. National chains are buying up independent specialty retailers. Hard drive music servers, home networking, and Internet-provided...
Lake Mary, Fla. – Accessories maker Recoton is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce, according to a Nov. 6 Securities and Exchange...
Charlotte, N.C. -Blank media maker Verbatim reported this week that it is the first to unveil 4x-speed DVD+R write-once media, said it also is...
Fair Lawn, N.J. – Blank DVD media sales should account for 15 percent of total blank video media sales in 2003, predicted blank media...
Denver – Ultimate Electronics is resigning from the Progressive Retailers Organization (PRO Group), the high-end dealer consortium that it helped form 17 years ago....
Santa Clara, Calif. – SONICblue reported third quarter net revenue of $78.4 million, a more than 43 percent increase over the $54.8 million registered...