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Methodology For The Top 100
See the science behind the numbers (and how we decide what constitutes a CE product).
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Top 100 Departures
Despite perceived tumult across the CE retailscape, things are surprisingly orderly.
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Tech Sales Hit $137B For Top 100 Retailers
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...
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Buying Groups Hold Sway On Top 100
Whomever said that national chains and e-tailers would sweep away the independent dealer channel hasn’t perused TWICE’s Top 100 rankings recently.
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Missed It By That Much: Top Tech Retailers 101-110
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,...
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Consumers Loosening Their Purse Strings For Tech
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...
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Apple Sold A Record Number Of iPhones Last Quarter
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...
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These Are The Top Tech Sellers For The Holidays … And The Year
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...
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These Are World’s Most Valuable Tech Brands In 2016
The Interbrand consultancy has compiled its annual ranking of the 100 “Best Global Brands,” and tech companies, not surprisingly, are well represented. Topping the...
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Holiday 2016 May Be ‘Biggest Ever’ For Tech: CTA
A record 68 percent of U.S. consumers plan to buy tech gifts this holiday season — up 6 percent over last year — setting...
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August Proves Tough For Tech Retail: Feds
August was a challenging month for retail in general and CE and appliance dealers in particular. According to the latest monthly sales estimates from...
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Battery-Life Frustration Stalls Smart-Watch Growth
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...
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Ouch, August Appliance Shipments Flatline
At a time when appliance dealers should have been building up inventory for the key Labor Day selling period, unit shipments tumbled. According to...
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Who’s Got The Best Labor Day Discounts?
With Labor Day promotions about to burst from the gate, and parents still in the throes of back-to-school shopping, WalletHub, the personal finance site,...
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CE Consumers Show Stronger Than Expected Brand Loyalty
New consumer research from Parks Associates reveals 71 percent of CE buyers in 2015 considered only one brand when making their purchase. According to...
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Who Has More Customers, Walmart Or McDonald’s?
Tough one, but if you picked Walmart you’d be right. According to Checkout Tracking, a data service from NPD Group, fully 95 percent of...
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61% Of Smart-Home Revenue Came From Security Cameras In The Last Year
If consumers are shopping for smart-home products, security is likely top of mind. According to The NPD Group’s Connected Intelligence service, four out of...
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RetailMeNot Launches Retail Promotions Index
RetailMeNot, the coupon-code discount site, has developed a real-time, aggregated database of retail promotions spanning the top 500 U.S. retailers across 19 product categories...
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Lessons Learned: Only 8% Of Back-To-School Purchases Are Made Online
As the industry wraps up another back-to-school (BTS) season, what lessons did we learn? According to The Shelf, an online aggregator of marketing insights...
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Home Entertainment Spending Grows 6 Percent In Q2
Consumer spending on home entertainment products was strong for the second quarter of 2016, rising 6 percent from the year earlier period, according to...
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Tech Rides High On Back-To-School Shopping Lists
It’s that time of year again — back-to-school — when parents and CE retailers alike rejoice. According to research released by The Consumer Technology...
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Sales Of Bluetooth Headphones Surpass Wired For First Time
The rumored drop of the headphone port on the iPhone may not be as painful as some feared. According to The NPD Group, Bluetooth...
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Tablet Sales Flag But Pro Models Raise Average Selling Prices
The tablet market continues to mature as global tablet shipments declined 8 percent year over year in Q2 2016 to 46.7 million units. On...
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Tech-Spend Intentions Reach 18-Month High: CTA
Christmas in July promotions and back-to-school shopping have lifted consumer tech-spending sentiment to its highest level in more than 18 months, according to a...
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Consumers Will Spend An Extra $7B On Back-To-School This Year: NRF
Consumers are ready to open their wallets a little wider this back-to-school season, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Calling this year’s season...
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Sears Bested Lowe’s & Home Depot In July 4 Majap Promotions
The top three major appliance big-box chains battled it out during the Independence Day promotional period, and research firm Brand View has crowned a...
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Apple Surprise: iPhone SE Selling Better Than Expected
The iPhone SE is making quite an impact on the smartphone market despite initial skepticism. According to research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners...
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Holiday 2016: What To Know About Mobile Shoppers
It’s already common knowledge that retailers downplaying mobile-shopping efforts do so at their own peril. But lessons learned from last year’s holiday season can...
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A ‘Pivotal Point’ In Tech: IoT & Emerging Tech Driving Revenue Growth
Broader adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and enthusiasm for emerging technology will drive the U.S. consumer technology industry to $286.6 billion in...
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Cord-Cutting Creep: Nearly 25% Of U.S. Homes Look Beyond Cable & Satellite
Cord cutting continues its slow invasion of U.S. homes, according to a new study from GfK, with adoption rates making plodding gains. According to...
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These Are The Top Tech Products — And Retailers — Of The Back-To-School Season
While some kids are just beginning their summer break, back-to-school (BTS) shopping is already in full swing for most parents. According to a survey...
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Smart TVs Now The Majority
More than half of all TVs shipped globally in first quarter 2016 were smart TVs, according to research firm IHS Technology, with North American...
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Tech Spending Confidence Rebounds In June
Consumers are feeling better about spending on technology products but wishy-washy on the overall economy. Consumer confidence toward tech spending rebounded in June in...
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Smartphones Replace The Post-Sex Cigarette For Millennials
Smartphones have become so central to the lives of U.S. millennials that one in three millennials checks their phone right after love making, 12...
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Wearables Shipments Will Grow Nearly 30% This Year: IDC
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, representing 29 percent growth over 2015, according...
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How Many Tech Products Does Amazon Actually Carry?
It’s no surprise that Amazon is king of the jungle when it comes to selling electronics online, as next week’s latest TWICE Top 25...
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Millennials Lead Way Among OTT-Only Households
Twenty-three percent of broadband households headed by millennials have completely opted out of traditional pay-TV service for over-the-top (OTT) streaming, a Parks Associates survey...
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May Sales Stall For Tech And Appliance Retailers
T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, but for electronics and appliance dealers May has proven itself a serious contender. According to the latest...
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T-Mobile, Consumer Cellular Lead In Customer Satisfaction
T-Mobile subscribers are more satisfied with their wireless service than subscribers of the three other national carriers, and Consumer Cellular is tops among non-contract...
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Sears Highest, Home Depot Lowest, In Memorial Day Appliance Pricing
Memorial Day is a key promotional period for the major appliance business, and last month national chains and independent Mega Group USA dealers didn’t...
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Amazon Favored By 70% For Tech Purchases: Report
As if we needed further proof, a new consumer study adds another dimension to Amazon’s dominance of the consumer electronics industry. According to a...
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Consumers Will Spend Nearly $830 Billion On Back-To-School This Year
Back-to-school spending is expected to edge up this summer following an anemic 2015 selling season. According to market research firm eMarketer, total back-to-school (BTS)...