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In a year during which many Americans relied on technology products to keep entertained and connected – to family, friends, work, and school –...
Sales of security systems, smart garage door openers, and smart lighting saw biggest gains in 2020
Report shows TV sales up 19% in 2020, compared to same period in 2019
Self-isolation orders created surge in gaming peripherals in 2020
CTA projects overall tech spending on products and services will reach $135 billion in U.S. revenue, up 10% in 2020
The Parks Associates’ Smart Home Tracker also finds 40 percent of U.S. broadband households report using video conferencing services, a 54 percent increase since...
Today’s normal was once the disruption to yesterday’s constant
What a fragmented smart home sector must do to go mainstream in 2020.
Two hours per day spent viewing on internet-connected devices
78% of online shoppers search for coupons before purchase
2019 Top 10 CE Retailers based on U.S. retail sales of consumer tech in 2018.
Last year's top 5 consumer tech categories based on U.S. dollar growth
Keeping close tabs on key players that appear to be reaching either strategic or existential crossroads
'Death of retail' panic given more ammunition
All eyes are on wildcard Walmart
But Top 100 manage a mere 1 percent gain
More than half would rather consult a phone than a salesperson
Smart home, wireless headphones seen as top tech gainers.
Futuresource: Worldwide CE Market Trending Up
After a flat 2016, the value of global CE product sales are projected to rise 4 percent this year, according to GfK forecasts presented...
Parents plan to spend $8.8 billion on back-to-school electronics this summer, an increase of 6.4 percent over last year. And, according to an annual...
Amazon’s second-place perch atop TWICE’s just-released Top 100 “Retailing Giants” ranking might suggest the jig is up for traditional dealers. Well, yes and no.
Imagine: Your customer finally gets that shiny new smartphone he’s been pining over; performs the unboxing ritual; carefully removes the product labels … but...
U.S. consumers are expected to lavish about $1.8 billion in electronics and computer-related wares on their husbands and dads this Father’s Day, up 5.9...
If you were planning to get your dad another necktie for Father’s Day, you might want to reconsider. According to a new poll by...
In the push to achieve scale, retail has lost sight of what Dorothy learned the hard way in Oz: There’s no place like home.
As many of our clients look for ways to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT), the greatest innovation opportunities are likely to be among...
See the science behind the numbers (and how we decide what constitutes a CE product).
Despite perceived tumult across the CE retailscape, things are surprisingly orderly.
2016 was another rough-and-tumble year for tech retail, as a slow transition to smart CE and the black-hole-like pull of Amazon put a damper...
Whomever said that national chains and e-tailers would sweep away the independent dealer channel hasn’t perused TWICE’s Top 100 rankings recently.
To help assuage the hurt of those who missed this year’s $5 million cutoff in annual tech revenue, we compiled a What If list,...
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...
Apple sold over 78 million iPhones in its fiscal 2017 first quarter, an all-time record for the company. The company posted record quarterly revenue...
What’s hot and what’s not in holiday tech? Depends whom you ask. Hitwise, a division of Connexity that tracks online searches, said NES Classic...
The Interbrand consultancy has compiled its annual ranking of the 100 “Best Global Brands,” and tech companies, not surprisingly, are well represented. Topping the...
A record 68 percent of U.S. consumers plan to buy tech gifts this holiday season — up 6 percent over last year — setting...
August was a challenging month for retail in general and CE and appliance dealers in particular. According to the latest monthly sales estimates from...
New smart-watch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the rest of 2016 due to late-in-the-year and iterative product releases, according to...
At a time when appliance dealers should have been building up inventory for the key Labor Day selling period, unit shipments tumbled. According to...