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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)...
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Online Shopping Exceeds In-Store Purchases: Report
We knew this day was coming: According to a UPS report, online orders have finally surpassed in-store purchases. The study, conducted by ComScore and...
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Tech Is 4th On The List For Father’s Day Gifts
Electronics are the fourth most popular gift for Father’s Day 2016 a new consumer survey shows, with the category edging up 2 percent in...
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Sears Slips To Third Place On Top 50 Major Appliance Retailers Ranking
Ongoing structural and strategic challenges at Sears are taking a greater toll on the retailer’s core appliance business.
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Drones Soaring At Retail: NPD
Drones are skyrocketing at retail. Sales of the high-flying devices for the trailing 12 months through April 2016 have soared 224 percent vs. the...
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Detachables To Boost Tablet Growth Starting 2018: IDC
Worldwide tablet shipments will drop in 2016 for the second consecutive year and will continue falling until 2018, when a “slight rebound” driven by...
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Mobile Data Usage Will Explode In Next 5 Years Thanks To Faster Network Speeds: Ericsson
Think your cellular plan has enough data? Think again. Video usage will drive average data consumption of smartphones in North America to 22GB/month in...
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Tablets Among Top 5 Father’s Day Faves
Wanna make Dad happy on Father’s Day? Give him a tablet. Or a vacation. Or tickets to a sporting event. The latter two were...
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T-Mobile & Sprint See Higher Customer Satisfaction
T-Mobile and Sprint made big gains in customer satisfaction in the past year, while Apple eased past Samsung in consumer handset satisfaction, the University...
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Women Drain Cellphone Batteries Faster Than Men
Women in the U.S. use their smartphones more than men, and premium-phone owners use their devices more than owners of entry-level phones, causing them...
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Smart-Home Apps Fail To Live Up To Expectations
Smart-home apps available from installing service providers and cable companies are held in higher regard by consumers than the apps that come with DIY...
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Almost Half Of Households To Have 4K TV In 4 Years
North American household penetration of 4K Ultra HD TVs will jump from 5 percent in 2015 to 48 percent in 2020, driven by U.S....
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Amazon Takes Bite Out Of Apple In Tablet/Computer Customer Experience
Amazon beat Apple for the second consecutive year in offering the best customer experience among tablet and computers makers in the U.S., the latest...
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Amazon Passes Walmart As No. 2 In Electronics
Amazon has become the second-largest retailer of consumer electronics in the world, behind only Best Buy.
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Life On The Top 100: What A Difference A Decade Makes
The CE retail world was a very different place just 10 years ago. The housing market was hot; TVs could still command some margin;...
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2016 Top 100 CE Retailers Report: Gone But Not Forgotten
Unfortunately, life in the fast lane that is the TWICE Top 100 leaves a certain amount of wreckage in its wake. Gone from this...
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Methodology: What Is A CE Product?
As defined by the Consumer Technology Association, here is a breakdown of what constitutes a consumer electronics product and what was included in the...
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TWICE Top 100 CE Retailers Report: Sales Up 4.3%
CE sell-through for the 100 largest tech retailers in the land rose 4.3 percent last year, to a record $136 billion, which is a...
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VR Headset Demand On The Rise
Two percent of broadband-equipped U.S. households, or 2.3 million households in all, already own a virtual reality headset, and 5 percent of broadband households...