Toshiba Q2 CE Sales Up 17%
Tokyo – Toshiba reported strong sales of notebook computers, peripherals, TVs and other visual equipment during its fiscal second quarter, ended Sept. 30, leading...
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Tokyo – Toshiba reported strong sales of notebook computers, peripherals, TVs and other visual equipment during its fiscal second quarter, ended Sept. 30, leading...
Tokyo – Boosted by sales of digital cameras, VAIO PCs and CLIE PDAs, operating income for Sony’s electronics segment moved into the black during...
Seattle – Lower prices played a major role in pushing up third quarter sales 25 percent in Electronics, Tools and Kitchen – the consumer...
Installation-training schools proliferated in the mobile electronics industry in the mid- to late 1980s, and now they’re coming to the custom home-electronics industry. Two...
The lineup of 5.1-channel HDTV programs is growing, but not at a rate that has made it easy for retailers to promote and demonstrate...
Dolby Labs announced an expansion of its consumer-marketing staff to increase consumer awareness of its technology benefits and to further its penetration of the...
Faroudja, the developer of home and professional video-enhancing technologies, used CEDIA to announce a series of new video display packages designed to simplify the...
ViewSonic used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil its first 16:9 widescreen LCD multimedia display for dual use as a digital TV and PC...
Former Kenwood USA president Joe Richter was named CEO and president of APH USA, which is working to broaden distribution and marketing of audio...
S² Technologies, which handles the Luce TV brand for the custom home theater specialty market, has launched a more mainstream brand of flat-panel TVs...
The ongoing debate over digital content protection appears to be deeply mired in varying inter-industry interpretations of consumers’ fair use recording rights. That seemed...
After months of inter-industry squabbling, Panasonic said it has stepped up to become the first manufacturer to sign on with the cable industry’s POD-Host...
Gary Shapiro revisited his roots and a major issue that has faced and will continue to face the future of the consumer electronics industry...
Executives of companies backing the latest in digital display technologies, such as DLP, LCD, plasma and inorganic electro luminescent (IEL), discussed how they may...
While the court-ordered reopening of the West Coast ports means that critical CE products and parts have begun to be delivered, the Consumer Electronics...
The NATM Buying Corp. is looking to build its ranks. According to executive director and newly elected president Bill Trawick, the eight-dealer group will...
The mid-year rally in white goods sales appears to have petered out. While year-to-date shipments of major appliance are still ahead 5.1 percent over...
To provide a more comprehensive service offering to customers — while enhancing their recurring revenue streams — RadioShack and Best Buy have expanded their...
RadioShack’s net income rose $1.1 million, or 2.5 percent to $44.9 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The gains came despite a...
Last spring Tweeter Home Entertainment Group began a sweeping reorganization that, by year’s end, will have fully integrated the management and chief merchants of...
Wal-Mart has further extended its white goods relationship with GE. The world’s largest retailer (and, for that matter, largest company), has begun to offer...
Sirius Satellite Radio has agreed with holders of more than $1 billion of its debt and preferred stock, to convert substantially all of its...
Stephen Carter, president & CEO of Cingular Wireless will be a keynoter as part of highlighting wireless technology at the 2003 International CES, to...
Market information provider The NPD Group has launched a fifth Web-based service, dubbed NPDHouseworld, which will provide subscribers with retail point-of-sale and consumer data...
The Consumer Electronics Association will take legal action to overturn the FCC’s ruling that all TV sets include digital tuners. The CEA, which unsuccessfully...
Third quarter revenue decreases in full-line Sears, Roebuck and Co. stores reflect, in part, decreases in hardlines revenue — with increases in home appliance...
Impacted by a disappointing back to school season and ongoing negative sales comps in furniture and technology products, such as computers, Office Depot reported...
Given a lift by increased television, audio and VCR revenue, third quarter income from operations in the consumer electronics segment at Dutch electronics giant...
Faced with trying to find a new way to boost PC-based revenue, Best Buy will implement a new potential revenue maker, infomercials, through its...
Gateway has fully plunged into the world of CE retailing by greatly expanding the list of non-PC products sold through its Country Store chain,...
Dell Computers increased its share of the U.S. PC market in the third quarter, while the newly combined Hewlett-Packard/Compaq and the remaining top selling...
People who want home improvements go to Lowe’s, those looking to improve their car’s performance might visit Pep Boys, and with the introduction of...
Director Barry Sonnenfeld was on hand last week to help Columbia Tri Star usher in the “Men in Black II Special Edition” two-disc DVD...
After shoring up the low end of its fall lineup with the Zire, Palm is now offering its most powerful model to date, the...
Functionality and style continue to hold down key roles in the design of portable storage bags for consumer electronics products. With active people on...
Energy efficiency has been a focus of the consumer electronics industry for many years. As our country looks for ways to conserve energy, companies...
Chicago – Mobile communications product manufacturer Cobra Electronics recorded a 2.5 percent increase in sales during the third quarter, hitting $35.9 million, up from...
Poway, Calif. – Despite a 13 percent rise in sequential third quarter sales of PCs and an 8 percent notebook PC sales hike over...
Washington – Brother International will recall about 100,000 laser printers due to a technical glitch that poses a possible fire hazard. The company said...
Boston – Sales of Duracell batteries dipped 4 percent in the third quarter, down to $482 million, with Duracell profit rising 41 percent in...
Stockholm, Sweden – High-end mobile phones continue to be the best selling models in the new Ericsson and Sony joint venture, called Sony Ericsson...
New York – The NATM Buying Corp. is looking to build its ranks. According to executive director and newly elected president Bill Trawick, the...