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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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...
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...
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...
Consumer confidence toward the overall economy remains flat, while expectations about technology spending rose slightly in September, according to the latest data released today...
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
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....
Smart wearables will begin to outsell basic wearables such as fitness trackers in 2018 on a worldwide basis, said market research firm IDC. Global...
Bigger is better in many things, including tablet sizes, at least among a growing number of North American consumers. North American shipments of tablets...
Ad spending on connected TVs is modest but expected to increase as viewership rises, a new survey says. While half of the marketers currently...
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...
San Diego – U.S. soundbar shipments in the second quarter fell for the second consecutive quarter, when consumers increasingly opted for lower priced models...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Santa Clara, Calif. — Despite a sharp spike in OLED shipments, falling LCD sales, declining PC panel demand, and ongoing price erosion is expected...
Port Washington, N.Y. – For younger people, soundbars are just as much about listening to music as they are about getting good TV sound,...
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...
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,...
Arlington, Va. — CE factory sales are projected to grow 2.4 percent this year, to $285 billion, driven by a 101 percent surge in...
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...
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,...
Reston, Va. – Apple remained the top smartphone brand used by U.S. wireless subscribers for the three months ending in May, followed by Samsung,...
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...
Washington — A bump in new jobs is making things look a bit brighter for consumer spending, if the latest figures from the U.S....
Arlington, Va. – Consumer confidence toward technology spending and the overall economy both increased slightly in June, according to the latest data released today...
Framingham, Mass. — The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter...
Taipei, Taiwan — 4K LCD TV panel shipments continue to rise, driven by forces on both the supply side and the demand side, according...
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Global shipments of 4K Ultra HD LCD TVs grew nearly 400 percent year over year to reach 4.7 million units...
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,...
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...
Arlington, Va. — The next time your kid whines he’s the only one in school without a smartphone, you may no longer have a...
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...
Santa Clara, Calif. — LCD TV panel shipments reach a record monthly high in March, according to research from IHS, reaching 23.9 million units,...
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...
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...
Port Washington, N.Y. — Total video game sales slid 6 percent in March, dragged down by decreasing hardware sales, according to figures from The...
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....
Palo Alto, Calif. — Nearly 1 million people pre-ordered the Apple Watch on the first day it became available, according to research firm Slice...
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....
Chicago — Carrier stores, carrier websites and independently owned carrier-branded stores continue to dominate smartphone sales to consumers, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found...
Port Washington, N.Y. — Video game sales continued their upward momentum in 2015, propelled by strong results in portable hardware. Total video game sales...