Industry

CTA

CTA Centennial Part 1: Founding

The first in a series of essays exploring and celebrating CTA’s and our industry’s first century of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Industry

UL Solutions Opens Retail Center Of Excellence

Lowell, AR location to help retailers advance consumer product quality and safety

Blu-ray/DVD

Best Buy Stops Selling DVDs And Blu-rays Just As Disney Offloads Physical Media To Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Once a major economic driver for the studios, the physical media industry is rapidly crumbling in the shadow of streaming platforms

Industry

Daisy Announces First Flagship Franchise

Acquisition of an integration company serving Fairfield County, CT is complete

Another View

Another View: Two Industry Experts See Positive Signs For Economy’s Future

Although the pandemic effect will continue to be felt for several years

Industry

2024 State Of The Industry: Guarded Optimism

Market roadblocks and negative economic conditions from 2023 linger, but retailers, vendors, and analysts all are hopeful for more positive results in the new...

Health

“It’s Painful. It’s An Ugly Thing To Go Through. It’s Like War” – Masimo CEO Talks About His Legal Battle With Apple

Apple and Masimo are likely in for a lengthy legal battle

Appliances

Miele To Build First US Plant In Opelika, Alabama

Facility slated to begin production of cooking appliances by end of 2024

Blogs

Looking Forward To 2024: Industry Insights From Samsung SVP James Fishler

What will impact the industry in the coming year?

Industry

Harman Acquires Roon

Roon's audiophile-quality music aggregation, connectivity, and streaming technology to complement Harman's audio offerings

Industry

Tackling The Retail Crime Challenge

Interface Systems offers best practices to fight back against theft

Industry

LG Stops Integrating ATSC 3.0 Tuners Into Smart TVs After Losing Patent Dispute, Samsung And Sony Could Follow

After losing its patent battle with Constellation Designs, LG’s cost to include a NextGen TV tuner with its TVs increased from $3 to $6.75...

Industry

AVPro Global Acquires AudioControl Home Division

AudioControl now part of group that owns AVPro Edge, Murideo, and Bullet Train

Industry

NuTech Group Acquired By Longtime Employee

Brett Neiderman, owner of NuTech Group, has sold the company to Tim Painter, VP of sales

Industry

Trinnov Audio Announces New Headquarters

Construction begins October 2023 with the opening planned in 2025

Industry

HDTV Standards Group Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Digital HDTV Grand Alliance marks a milestone in television technology

Industry

Furrion Partners With Phoenix Marketing Group

Furrion has announced its partnership with Phoenix Marketing Group, a leading luxury technology representative for manufacturers serving custom installers and integrators. They will be...

TWICE VIP Awards

Announcing The Winners Of The 2023 TWICE VIP Awards!

LG and Samsung tied to take home the Super VIP Award with 5 wins each

Research

Now Available – 2023 TWICE Retailer Reports

Reports with exclusive analysis available for purchase on official Swoogo storefront

Accessories

Cleer Audio Partners With iStore In U.S., Canada

Cleer Headphones available for sale in 18 iStore airport retail locations

Appliances

Miele Announces Plans For U.S. Production Facility

First North American-based production plant to provide products for the United States, Canada, and Mexico

Industry

NPD, IRI Rebrand As Circana

Leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior advises almost 7,000 brands and retailers worldwide

Industry

ClearOne Appoints Muckle Sales To Strengthen Pacific Northwest Partner Support

Muckle Sales to represent in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska

Industry

CEDIA Launches Smart Home Career Toolkit

CEDIA Next Gen is a comprehensive resource for schools, employers, and students to strengthen the talent pipeline

Industry

Women In Consumer Technology Adds Two Advisory Board Members

Addition of CEDIA's Amanda Beckner and Kaleidescape's Norma Garcia-Muro bring board to 16 members

Industry

Caster and bluesalve To Offer Full-Service Technology Consulting

Partnership is designed to support companies developing hardware and software for custom and consumer electronics, IoT, XR, AI, enterprise, and emerging industries

CES

CES 2023: Full Conversation Between Nasdaq Chief Friedman And CTA’s Shapiro

TWICE brings you the full conversation from CES 2023

Industry

Parasound Sold To David Sheriff

Company founder Richard Schram retires as Sheriff takes over operations immediately

Product Spotlight

Fortune Brands Enters Purchasing Agreement With ASSA ABLOY

Brands include U.S. And Canadian Yale and August residential smart home locks

Industry

The Consumer Technology Business In 2022: A Return To Normalcy?

As the impact of the pandemic and supply chain problems fade, and even considering lingering economic uncertainty, a sense of normalcy seems to have...

Industry

Einride Autonomous Vehicle Delivers GE Appliances

First fully electric autonomous heavy-duty vehicle without driver on board to run an operational commercial pilot on U.S. public road

Research

Now Available – 2022 TWICE Retailer Reports

Reports with exclusive analysis available for purchase at new official Swoogo storefront

TWICE VIP Awards

Announcing The Winners Of The 2022 TWICE VIP Awards!

Samsung takes home the Super VIP Award with 11 wins

CTA

CTA To Lawmakers: End ‘Failed’ Chinese Tariffs

CTA study finds consumer tech industry has paid nearly $40 billion in Chinese tariffs, essentially "taxes paid by American businesses and consumers," and calls...

Industry

Consumer Tech 2022: The State of the Industry

How are manufacturers and retailers holding up under multiple supply chain, product and component shortages, the Great Resignation, distribution backlogs, fuel prices, and inflation/recession...