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Gap Acquires Quixel Research
San Diego —Market research firm Gap Intelligence, focused on the information technology, consumer electronics, imaging and home appliance industries, said Monday it has acquired...
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Q2 Ultra HD TV Shipments Top All Of 2013
Santa Clara, Calif. – Second quarter global shipments of 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TV sets surpassed all UHD shipments for full year 2013, according...
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CEA: Consumer Confidence Hits High Mark For 2014
Arlington, Va. — Consumer sentiment towards the economy reached its highest level this year in August, according to the latest figures released today by...
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Global Q2 Notebook Shipments Up 1%
Santa Clara, Calif. — After seven consecutive quarters of shipment declines, the global notebook PC market showed slight improvement in the second quarter (Q2)...
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CE Leads Back-To-School Sales Surge: Report
New York — Solid back-to-school sales of CE boosted chain store sell-through by 3.8 percent last week. According to The International Council of Shopping...
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July Majap Shipments Up 7.1%: AHAM
Washington — The appliance industry’s hot streak continued in July, with factory shipments of white goods rising 7.1 percent year over year. According to...
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CE/Majap Retail Sales Up 1.3% In July
WASHINGTON — CE and appliance retailers shrugged off the traditional summer slump and bumped up sales 1.3 percent in July. According to preliminary estimates...
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Consumers Favor Digital Coupons: Report
Austin, Texas – Digital coupons remain the most potent form of retail promotion, a new Forrester study shows. The report, commissioned by online discount...
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OTT Video Market To Grow 21%
Boston — The North American market for over-the-top (OTT) video streaming is forecasted to grow 21 percent in 2014 — hitting $10.7 billion, according...
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Kantar: Android Share Up Again In U.S.
London — The Android operating system increased its share of U.S. smartphones sold in the second quarter on a sequential and year-over-year basis, a...
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Futuresource: 3D Printing To Reach $7.5B By 2018
London — 3D printing is poised to grow into a $7.5 billion global market by 2018 as the technology evolves beyond industrial applications into...
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2nd-Half Retail Sales To Rise 3.9%; June CE Sales Edge Higher
Washington – Retail sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months, according to a forecast by the National Retail Federation...
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Study: UHD TV Shows Slow, Steady Growth
El Segundo, Calif. — Global penetration of Ultra HD TVs continued to show slow and steady growth at the end of May, but is...
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Connected TV Use To Reach 204M By 2017
Port Washington, N.Y. — More than 204 million connected TV devices will deliver apps to U.S. homes linked to the internet by 2017, according...
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Survey: Verizon Gets The Most Out Of Data
Chicago — Verizon Wireless is profiting from mobile data more than its national rivals, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found in surveying consumers. “Verizon...
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Global Action Cam Sales To Hit 9M In 2018
London — Worldwide action video camera annual shipments are on course to reach 9 million units in 2018, according to estimates recently released by...
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Study: Gaming Strong In Declining PC Market
TIBURON, CALIF. — Hardware upgrades and peripherals used for PC gaming remain strong in an otherwise declining market for PC marketing, according to a...
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NPD: June Gaming Sales See Gains
Port Washington, N.Y. – June retail/e-commerce sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew 24 percent over the same period in 2013, according...
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Back-To-School CE Spending To Soar: NRF
Washington — Students and their families plan to pony up beaucoup bucks for CE devices before the fall semester. According to a pair of...
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Sears, Samsung Tops In July 4 Ads
New York — Sears and Samsung dominated the Independence Day period in appliance print ads, a study by TWICE market research partner Gap Intelligence...
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CEDIA: Integrator Revenues, Profits Up In ’13
Indianapolis – Median annual gross revenues among home-technology installers rose 22 percent to $1.23 million in 2013, surpassing 2012’s 10 percent growth, CEDIA found...
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Roku Leads U.S. Streaming Player Market: Report
Roku was the best-selling streaming media player in the U.S. in 2013, accounting for 46% of purchases in the category, well ahead of its...
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J.D. Power: Pix Quality, Size Tops In TVs
Westlake Village, Calif. —Consumers who recently bought a TV said picture quality and size were the primary selection reasons, according to the J.D. Power...
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NPD: 1st Time Tablet PC Quarterly Shipments Fall
Santa Clara, Calif. — The NPD DisplaySearch “Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report” shows tablet PC shipments, at 56 million units, declined year...
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Amazon Enters Retail Top 10
Washington — Amazon.com has become the ninth-largest U.S. retailer in total domestic sales, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported. The trade association’s annual retailer...
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Music Downloads Down, Vinyl Sales Up
New York –Downloads of digital music tracks and digital albums fell in the first half, but vinyl LP records sales and music-on-demand streams were...
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Accenture: Phablets are ‘Phabulous’
New York – Phablets are just fab with U.S. consumers, an Accenture survey shows. In the U.S., 40 percent of consumers ages 14 and...
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NPD: New Physical Game Sales Rise In May
Port Washington, N.Y. — Spending on physical video gaming hardware rose a whopping 95 percent to $187 million dollars in May compared with the...
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NPD: Smartphone Upgrade Plans Take Off
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Enrollment in cellular early-upgrade plans more than quadrupled to 31 percent of postpaid cellphone users in March from last September’s...
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Survey: Carrier Financing Programs Stimulate Step-Up Sales
Chicago — Carrier programs to finance unsubsidized smartphones are boosting sales of step-up smartphones, not driving consumers to buy cheaper phones, Consumer Intelligence Research...
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Activity Tracker Sales Dominate Wearables in Q1
London — Activity trackers dominated worldwide sales of wearable devices in the first quarter, outselling smart watches by 4-to-1, with 2.35 million devices shipped,...
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CE/Majap Retail Sales Rise 1.3% In May
Washington — Year-over-year sales at CE and appliance stores edged up 1.3 percent in May, continuing a pattern of see-saw sell-through. According to the...
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NPD: Samsung, Pebble Dominate U.S. Smart Watch Market
Port Washington, N.Y. – Consumers spent $96 million to buy almost 500,000 smart watches between October 2013 and the end of May 2014, and...
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Global Flat-Panel TV Shipments Up In Q1
El Segundo, Calif. —Worldwide shipments of flat-panel televisions rose convincingly in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period last year, a...
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NPD: Picture, Audio, Price Still Drive TV Sales
Santa Clara, Calif. — Consumers worldwide still consider picture quality, sound quality, price and ease of use to be most important to their upcoming...
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NPD: EST TV Sales Grew 68% In Q1
Port Washington, N.Y. – The electronic sell-through (EST) TV and movie market has grown to more than $1 billion since 2012, representing almost 14...
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NPD: More UltraViolet Users Watching Content On TV
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — More than 16 million registered U.S. UltraViolet users are viewing their content on TV screens, according to a study released...
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IDC: Global Tablet Growth In Sharp Slowdown
San Mateo, Calif. – Growth in worldwide tablet shipments will slow to 12.1 percent this year from 2013’s 51.8 percent because consumers are keeping...
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U.S. Cellphone Growth Slows
Boston – U.S. cellphone shipments will be essentially flat in 2014 at 163.4 million units but will grow 4 percent in dollars to $59.5...
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Global Tablet Sales Decline In Q1, Says NPD DisplaySearch
Santa Clara, Calif. – Global year-over-year shipments of tablets fell for the first time in the first quarter, dropping almost 5 percent to 56.3...
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Kantar Survey: Android Up Again, iOS Down Again In U.S.
London – Android’s share of smartphones sold to U.S. end users rose 7.3 percentage points to 59.1 percent during the three months ending April...
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NPD: Q1 Sees 47% Increase In Gaming Hardware
Port Washington, N.Y. — Consumer spending on video game hardware grew 47 percent to $983 million in the first quarter of 2014, but dropped...