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The Top Car Amp & Speakers So Far In 2015
CEOutlook has published a list of the top brands for 12-volt amps and speakers for the first six months of the year, as determined...
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Tablets To Fizz Again, Strategy Analytics Says
Things are looking up for tablets in 2016. Shipments will grow 7 percent globally in units after a 4 percent decline in 2015 as...
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Interbrand: Apple & Google Are Global MVPs
The two companies topping Interbrand’s annual valuable brands list will likely come as little surprise to anyone who regularly reads TWICE. Apple won and...
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Top 10 Black Friday 2015 Predictions
Consumer site BestBlackFriday.com is back with its top predictions for the biggest sales day of the year. Cofounder Phil Dengler told us his forecasts are...
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Mobile Devices Knock PCs Out Of Kids’ Gaming Hands
It’s not a good week for PCs. First they receive low satisfaction scores for the third year in a row, and now kids are...
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Consumers Aren’t Satisfied With Their PCs Or Their TVs
U.S. consumer satisfaction with PCs is down for the third consecutive year, and this includes what they think about tablets. Satisfaction with TVs and...
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Consumer Sentiment In September Remains Flat
Consumer confidence toward the overall economy remains flat, while expectations about technology spending rose slightly in September, according to the latest data released today...
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Global TV Shipments See Biggest Decline Since 2009
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
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Ready Or Not, Holiday Shopping Has Already Begun
Despite complaints from some quarters (including this one) over holiday creep, more and more consumers seem to be starting their fourth-quarter shopping in Q3....
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Smart Wearables Will Push Aside Basic Bands By 2018
Smart wearables will begin to outsell basic wearables such as fitness trackers in 2018 on a worldwide basis, said market research firm IDC. Global...
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Tablet Screen Sizes Grow As iPad Pro Beckons
Bigger is better in many things, including tablet sizes, at least among a growing number of North American consumers. North American shipments of tablets...
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Connected TV Ad Spending Small But Seen Growing
Ad spending on connected TVs is modest but expected to increase as viewership rises, a new survey says. While half of the marketers currently...
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Study: Wireless Charging To Surge In U.S.
Almost 40 percent of U.S. households and more than 20 percent of European households will adopt wireless charging by 2020, thanks in part to...
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UHD TV Gain Means Soundbar Pain, Gap Intelligence Finds
San Diego – U.S. soundbar shipments in the second quarter fell for the second consecutive quarter, when consumers increasingly opted for lower priced models...
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Consumers Want More Expensive Smartphones
North American consumers bought 10 percent more smartphones in the second quarter than they did in the year-ago quarter, and they’re increasingly buying more...
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2-In-1 Tablets Take Off As Slate Tablets Falter In 2015
Boston — The timing couldn’t be better for two-in-ones, according to one research firm. North American shipments of “slate” tablets will fall 13 percent...
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Apple & LG Both Pick Up Smartphone Users
Reston, Va. — More people are using Apple and LG smartphones, ComScore said, while Samsung, Motorola and HTC weren’t so lucky during the June-ending...
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Back-To-School Spending Just ‘Meh’
New York – If back-to-school (BTS) is a bellwether of holiday sales, as many believe, the yuletide may not be all that gay this...
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Display Panel Revenues To Fall 2%
Santa Clara, Calif. — Despite a sharp spike in OLED shipments, falling LCD sales, declining PC panel demand, and ongoing price erosion is expected...
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NPD: Soundbars Not Just About TV Sound
Port Washington, N.Y. – For younger people, soundbars are just as much about listening to music as they are about getting good TV sound,...
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Survey: LG Smartphone Activations Gain In Q2
Chicago – LG’s share of U.S. smartphone activations hit 20 percent in the second quarter, up from the year-ago 8 percent, Consumer Intelligence Research...
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Back-To-School Season Off To Mixed Start, Surveys Show
NEW YORK – Although it seems like summer recess has only just begun, thoughts are already returning to the classroom. That’s a good thing...
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Gaming & Points Cards Had Best June In History
Port Washington, N.Y. — June was a good month for gaming. The category welcomed across-the-board growth with an overall sales increase of 18 percent,...
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New Tech Driving CE Growth: CEA
Arlington, Va. — CE factory sales are projected to grow 2.4 percent this year, to $285 billion, driven by a 101 percent surge in...
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IHS Forecasts Triple-Digit Connected-Appliance Growth
Englewood, Colo. –The global market for connected white-goods appliances will grow at a five-year compound annual rate of 134 percent from fewer than 1...
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Financing Critical To CE Purchasing Decisions: Synchrony
Stamford, Conn. – CE shoppers are dependent on consumer credit, and their purchasing decisions are significantly influenced by its availability. According to a survey...
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IDC: Q2 U.S. PC Shipments Fall 3.3%
Framingham, Mass. – U.S. PC shipments slid 3.3 percent to 16.4 million units in the second quarter, accelerating from the first-quarter’s 1 percent decline,...
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ComScore: Apple, iOS Gain U.S. Smartphone Share In May
Reston, Va. – Apple remained the top smartphone brand used by U.S. wireless subscribers for the three months ending in May, followed by Samsung,...
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Nielsen: Music Streaming, Vinyl Sales Up In First Half
New York – Streaming and vinyl were the U.S. music industry’s growth categories in the first half, while sales of CDs and music downloads...
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Job Increases Nudge Consumer Spending Up In May
Washington — A bump in new jobs is making things look a bit brighter for consumer spending, if the latest figures from the U.S....
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Smart Watches Help Drive Increase in Consumer Confidence Toward Technology Spending
Arlington, Va. – Consumer confidence toward technology spending and the overall economy both increased slightly in June, according to the latest data released today...
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Wi-Fi To Carry 60% Of Mobile Data By 2019
Hampshire, U.K. —Wi-Fi networks will carry almost 60 percent of global smartphone and tablet data traffic in the next four years. The forecast, from...
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Wearables Demand Continues Global Swell
Framingham, Mass. — The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter...
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4K TV Shipments Topped 3M In April
Taipei, Taiwan — 4K LCD TV panel shipments continue to rise, driven by forces on both the supply side and the demand side, according...
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4K Ultra HD TV Shipments Quadruple
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Global shipments of 4K Ultra HD LCD TVs grew nearly 400 percent year over year to reach 4.7 million units...
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Father’s Day CE Spending Up 1%: NRF
Washington — Planned CE purchases for Father’s Day (June 21) are projected to edge up 1.3 percent this season to $1.6 billion. According to...
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Soundbar Sales Get Clubbed In Q1
San Diego — U.S. soundbar shipments took a hit in the first quarter, falling 28 percent in units to 1 million from 1.4 million,...
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Top 100 CE Retailers Report Now Available To Purchase
New York — The 2015 Top 100 CE Retailers Report is now available for purchase. Produced by TWICE with market research partner The Stevenson...
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100 Largest CE Retailers Hold Their Ground
NEW YORK – The lingering aftermath of the Great Recession, and a restructuring of the CE business and of retail itself, continued to keep...
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Parks Sees Potential For Wired Supplements To Wi-Fi
San Ramon, Calif. – Almost 40 percent of all U.S broadband households with a Wi-Fi network have experienced or currently experience Wi-Fi problems, and...
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Mobile Is Moving Everything
Arlington, Va. — The next time your kid whines he’s the only one in school without a smartphone, you may no longer have a...
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Digital Video Spend Hits $2.1B In Q1: DEG
Los Angeles – Consumer spending on digitally-accessed video content rose 14.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015, to more than $2.1 billion. According...