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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...
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NPD: Desktop Shipments Hit 10-Year Low
Port Washington, N.Y. – Shipments of desktop LCD monitors reached a 10-year low in the first quarter of 2014, according to a new report...
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CE/Majap Dealer Sales Slip 1.5% In April: Feds
WASHINGTON — Sales within the CE and appliance specialty retail channel edged down 1.5 percent year over year in April, to $8.7 billion, the...
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NPD Sees IT Growth From Small, Medium Businesses
Port Washington, N.Y. – Purchases of IT equipment for more than half of all small and medium businesses are expected in the next 12...
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Survey: Cellphone Installment Plans Keep Growing
Chicago – Cellphone financing programs have taken off, accounting for almost a fourth of new cellphones purchased during the July 2013 through March 2014...
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IHS: Ultra HD Panel Shipments Hit 1M Mark
El Segundo, Calif. — Global shipments of Ultra HD TV LCD panels exceeded 1 million units for the first time in March, according to...
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NPD: 42M U.S. Homes Have Connected TVs
Port Washington, N.Y. — So-called smart TVs and streaming-media players are driving increases in the U.S. household penetration rate of TVs connected to the...
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Study: Tablets With 3G/4G Subscriptions On The Rise
Boston — Tablets equipped with 3G and 4G cellular broadband are growing by leaps and bounds, Strategy Analytics said. Tablets in use with mobile...
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CEA: Home Tech Installs Up During 2013
Arlington, Va. — A Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) study found that almost all installations of home technologies in new homes increased or held constant...
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March CE/Majap Retail Sales Stabilize: Feds
WASHINGTON — Sales at CE and major appliance dealers were essentially flat in March following a trying winter, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. According...
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48% Of Adults Likely To Buy Cellphone, 25% A Tablet, In ’14
Beloit, Wis. — Forty-eight percent of U.S. adults will likely buy a cellphone in 2014, and 25 percent will likely buy a tablet, according...
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Connected Consumer Creates Marketing Challenges: Report
NEW YORK – Marketers and advertisers must find new ways to engage the hyper-connected consumer, who now comprises nearly half the U.S. adult population....
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January Majap Shipments Up 2%: AHAM
Washington – The major appliance industry got off to a mixed start in 2014, with factory shipments rising 2.1 percent in January. According to...
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Retail Sales To Rise 4.1% This Year: NRF
Washington – Retail sales are projected to rise 4.1 percent this year, outpacing 2013’s 3.7 percent gains. According to a report released today by...
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Pre-Christmas Sales Slip In Stores: Report
Chicago – Brick-and-mortar retail sales declined 3.1 percent last week as pre-winter storms put the kibosh on late Christmas shopping. According to market research...
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IHS: Cellphone, Tablet Sales To Exceed CE For First Time in ’13
Segundo, Calif. — Combined factory-level sales of 3G/4G cellphones and tablets will outpace sales of traditional CE products on a global basis for the...
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Lenovo Tops HP In Q2 PC Market Share
New York — Worldwide PC shipments were down by double digits in the second quarter compared with last year’s quarter, according to preliminary reports...
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CE Sales Slipped 2% In 2012: NPD
Port Washington, N.Y. — U.S. CE sales slipped 2 percent last year to $143 billion, The NPD Group reported, although the fourth quarter showed...
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CE Leads In Online Sales: ComScore
Reston, Va. – CE and related categories were the top performers in online sales during the third quarter. According to a survey by market...
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Study: Netflix, YouTube Use On The Rise
Waterloo, Ontario – A Sandvine Internet traffic study showed Netflix usage rose 28.8 percent to take the No. 1 streaming service position for fixed...
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Apple’s Media Tablet Share Hits Annual High: IHS
El Segundo, Calif. — Two years after creating the market, Apple is still far and away the leader, with its global market share rising...
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CEA Releases Digital America Research Report
Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has released Digital America 2012, an educational resource for the consumer electronics industry. This annual publication...
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Showrooming Debunked By Sales Data: CEA
NEW YORK – Showrooming’s impact on brick-andmortar retailers, and Amazon’s threat to Best Buy in particular, may be greatly overstated, new data suggests. The...
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