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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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LCD TV Panels, 4K Units Set Records In March: IHS
Santa Clara, Calif. — LCD TV panel shipments reach a record monthly high in March, according to research from IHS, reaching 23.9 million units,...
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Mother’s Day CE Gifting To Hit $1.9B: NRF
Washington – Consumers plan to spend about $1.9 billion on CE gifts for their moms this Mother’s Day. According to a survey conducted for...
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55% Of Broadband Homes Subscribe To OTT Video
Dallas – The percentage of broadband U.S. households subscribing to a subscription OTT (over-the-top) video service has grown to 55 percent from 2013’s 44...
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Gaming Sales See March Slip: NPD
Port Washington, N.Y. — Total video game sales slid 6 percent in March, dragged down by decreasing hardware sales, according to figures from The...
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Vinyl-Album Sales Keep On Spinning
New York — Vinyl-album sales continued to surge in the first quarter, rising 53 percent in units compared with the year-ago quarter, Nielsen found....
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Apple Sells Estimated 1M Smart Watches: Research
Palo Alto, Calif. — Nearly 1 million people pre-ordered the Apple Watch on the first day it became available, according to research firm Slice...
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NPD Tracking Home Automation Market
Port Washington, N.Y. –The NPD Group launched a home automation service that includes consumer panel-based reporting, U.S. point-of-sale data, and analysis from NPD analysts....
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Carriers Grab 55% Of Q4 Retail Smartphone Sales
Chicago — Carrier stores, carrier websites and independently owned carrier-branded stores continue to dominate smartphone sales to consumers, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found...
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Portable Gaming Lifts February Sales: NPD
Port Washington, N.Y. — Video game sales continued their upward momentum in 2015, propelled by strong results in portable hardware. Total video game sales...
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Survey Sees 2015 Demand Up In Smartphones, Tablets, Wearables
Beloit, Wis. — Demand for smartphones, tablets, wearables, and wireless headphones and speakers will be among the CE industry’s growth categories in 2015, based...
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Online Radio Listening Up In Home, Car, On The Go
Somerville, N.J. — Music streaming at home, in the car and on the go continues to rise, and people are listening more through cellphones,...
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Amazon Tops Apple Among Tablet/Computer Makers
Waban, Mass. — Amazon beat Apple in offering the best customer experience among tablet and computers makers in the U.S., a consumer survey by...
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IHS: Connected Audio Connects With Consumers
El Segundo, Calif. — Annual shipments of connected-audio products will surge at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 88 percent, from 1.5 million...
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Pay-TV Subscribers Fall By 4,000 In 2014, Study Finds
Boston — The number of households subscribing to a pay-TV service shrank slightly in 2014, and cord cutting threatens to take the subscriber base...
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4K Pushing Large-Panel Growth: IHS
Santa Clara, Calif. — 4K TVs and a rebound in notebook computers helped drive growth in large-panel display shipments and revenue, according to the...