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LG’s Luplow: Cooperation Can Trump Competition
Amidst the fury of overlapping IFA, CTIA, CEDIA and Photokina trade shows is this week and next is the IEEE International Conference on Consumer...
If You Thought Amazon Gave You Agita …
For the uninitiated, Alibaba and DHGate are online, China-based marketplaces that give smaller retailers, and yes, even consumers, access to cut-rate CE and other inventory direct...
Tune In, Turn On, Click Through
When I joined TWICE in 1995, I commuted from my apartment across the Hudson River listening to a Sony portable CD player. It was...
The Internet Of Things Or Internet Of Dollars?
I’ll be meeting next week with carriers at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week to discuss a range of topics including stepped-up subscription-price competition, the rollout...
Jabra Combines Bluetooth With Biometrics
Jabra made headlines last week when it announced its first biometric headphones. Although not the only company to offer biometric headphones (SMS Audio partnered...
Canon Celebrates 80 Years Of Camera Making
Canon commemorated the 80th anniversary of its first camera, the Kwanon, Tuesday. The product, with help from Nikon and others, helped Japan to eventually...
‘Keep The Faith!’ – Memories Of Jack Wayman
On Labor Day afternoon, I received the sad news from Gary Shapiro and Jeff Joseph of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that Jack Wayman,...
Shooting Puts Spotlight On Wearable Cameras
The sensational attention generated by the now-infamous Aug. 9th police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., has impacted the stock prices of...
The Data Migration Epiphany: Solutions Vs. Software
When you work in IT, you’re constantly managing expectations. People complain over almost any amount of downtime. But data migrations and system upgrades usually...
Health & Wellness Within The Wearables Market
The wearables market represents a significant new market opportunity for device OEMs. Fitness and health trackers currently represent the most popular category within the...
BlackBerry Plays To Its Base
BlackBerry got its start in the 1990s selling secure “redirection” of corporate email to pager-like two-way messaging devices. One of its original keyboard-equipped devices...
Independents Back Best Buy’s Ultra HD Effort
Whenever top CE brands get together with a national retailer to, basically, jumpstart a vital new technology for the industry, you should expect howls...
3 Reasons Why The Connected Home Will Be Defined By Big Brands
The emerging technology category known as the Internet of Things, and the smart home in particular, are poised to become the Next Big Market....
Fuhu Nabis Go Big For The Littles
Talk about product growth. Fuhu added two jumbo-sized kid tablets to its Nabi line on Tuesday — a 20-inch model and a 24-inch model...
Crowdfunding Spotlight
NEW YORK — Crowdfunding, once viewed as a novel way for start-ups to raise backing for dubious projects, is now a widely accepted method...
Tailored Content Is Key To Monetization In A Multiscreen World
Today’s TV industry and viewing experience is unlike anything the media landscape has seen before. Gone are the days when families would sit together...
Customer-Centric Retailers’ Secret Sauce to Happy Patrons: No Lines!
One universal truth unites customers of all types, ethnic groups, income levels and demographic groups. They all hate to wait! That makes it all...
Digital Content Sales Increase
Los Angeles, Calif. – There was good news for Blu-ray and streaming video fans alike in the second quarter of 2014, with both showing...
Reversing the $16 Billion Return Tsunami
Numerous research reports have been done on the multibillion-dollar plague of consumer remorse returns, hitting the electronics industry’s feather thin margins hard. A recent...
Changing Of The Guard At Walmart U.S.
News of Bill Simon’s departure as president/CEO of Walmart’s core U.S. business, just weeks after pressing the flesh at the company’s annual shareholders meeting,...
Get Ready For The 64-Bit Tablet Generation
For the past 70 years, U.S. consumer marketers have embraced the concept of “generations.” Generations categorize groups of people by their age and collective...
Analyst To Joly: Take The Lead On Internet Sales Tax
In a rare open letter, retail analyst David Strasser of Janney Capital Markets urged Best Buy president/CEO Hubert Joly to lead the charge on...
Easy Online Returns Yield Long-Term Dealer Benefits
E-commerce has changed the consumer purchase dynamic. With so many places to shop, it’s now easier than ever to find great deals on practically...
TV Retailing Across The Pond
The sphere of U.K. retail is undergoing a lot of changes at present, and it’s fair to say that it’s as competitive as it’s...
How CE Retailers Can Use Start-Ups To Ride The Alibaba Wave
There’s a perfect storm of retailing that’s brewing on the horizon. If you’re in the consumer electronics sector, then you have two choices as...
Wise Choices Needed For Q4 CE Growth
Last week, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said in its biannual factory-to-dealer sales report that there will be a 2 percent increase for calendar...
The Aereo Case: Video Content Licensing Revenues in a Digital Age
The Supreme Court, in its ruling in ABC vs. Aereo, opted for the status quo over disruption. The Justices in the majority opinion determined that Aereo, to...
The Internet Is Your Friend, Not Your Enemy
As the CEO of a company that builds its brand and sells direct via the Internet and at retail across the globe, every day...
Service Of The Future: Google Glass Changes Customer’s Expectations
Technology is everywhere — and whether or not it’s visible, it is constantly surrounding us. This will only increase with an expected 26 billion...
TeenSafe Stops Cyberbullying Via Smartphone
After hearing about cyberbullying in the media, as well as being educated about the scourge as a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s National Consumer...
Dolby Atmos And Blu-ray: Details Emerge
Dolby Laboratories has left it up to audio suppliers to fill in a lot of blanks about the forthcoming Dolby Atmos launch in the...
Zohn, Campbell Team Again To Talk Ultra HD
After two appearances at TWICE panels last year Tom Campbell, corporate director of Video & Audio Center and Robert Zohn, president and founder of...
In The Blink Of An Eye
With all the focus on CE comp sales and profitability, it’s sometime easy to forget the startling sell-through this and other industries generate at retail....
Cord-Cutting, Unplugged!
A debate is raging with an increasing number of consumers over whether or not they can cut the cable cord. The Washington Post cited...
When You Can’t Beat ’em …
Sure, an easy headline. And in this case, it is not completely appropriate, since Apple and Beats were never really competitors in hardware. In...
What’s In Store For Best Buy
In response to a first-quarter earnings call question, Best Buy president/CEO Hubert Joly acknowledged that the Internet has deflected store traffic as well as...
Apple Acquires A Monster
Wow, a $ 3 billion deal for Beats is an incredible achievement for Jimmy and Dre. We are glad to see that the company...
History Of RCA On Display In N.J.
New Jersey was and still is home to major consumer electronics manufacturers. Thomas Edison’s laboratory and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) were among...
Proper Placement of Surround Speakers
The “Standard” placement of left, right, and center speakers in a home theater system is pretty well established — and you’ll find them in...
Tech Brands Ranked Most Valuable Globally
The top four most valuable brands in the world are technology companies, according to a new study conducted by Millward Brown, with Google displacing...
Do 360 Degrees Of Opportunity Await?
In an industry where new technologies spring up like weeds, it can be hard to identify a product or approach that will be a...