RESEARCH
Studies, surveys, sales figures and other periodic measures of the state of the CE world.
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RILA: Retail Crime Rising
Trends are rising in the rival of several different types of retail crime, whether organized or amateur. That's according to...
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Survey: CE Retail Sales Jump in February
Consumer electronics was one of many parts of the retail sector that showed improvement in the month of February,... -
Walmart Profit Up 21%
Walmart Thursday said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 21 percent over the same time the year before, as performance...
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NPD: CE Revenue Fell 5 Percent Last Year
Revenue for the consumer electronics industry in the U.S. fell 5 percent in 2009. However, overall unit sales rose, and...
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Motorola, RIM Lead in Mobile Market Share
According to the latest numbers released by comScore MobiLens service, Motorola has maintained the top spot in OEM market share...
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Amazon Leads E-Retail Survey
Amazon.com remains the highest-ranking retailer in terms of customer satisfaction, while both overall online retail itself and every major retailer...
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RILA: Retail Crime Rising
March 4, 2010Trends are rising in the rival of several different types of retail crime, whether organized or amateur. That's according to a survey released this week...
Survey: CE Retail Sales Jump in February
March 3, 2010
Consumer electronics was one of many parts of the retail sector that showed improvement in the month of February, according to numbers released...
Walmart Profit Up 21%
February 18, 2010Walmart Thursday said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 21 percent over the same time the year before, as performance exceeded the company's guidance....
NPD: CE Revenue Fell 5 Percent Last Year
February 10, 2010Revenue for the consumer electronics industry in the U.S. fell 5 percent in 2009. However, overall unit sales rose, and the drop in revenue was...
Motorola, RIM Lead in Mobile Market Share
February 10, 2010According to the latest numbers released by comScore MobiLens service, Motorola has maintained the top spot in OEM market share for U.S. mobile phones...
Amazon Leads E-Retail Survey
February 3, 2010
Amazon.com remains the highest-ranking retailer in terms of customer satisfaction, while both overall online retail itself and every major retailer has risen in satisfaction since...
NRF: 2010 Retail Sales to Increase 2.5%
January 26, 2010The National Retail Federation is projecting this year's retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, will increase 2.5 percent from last year....
ARG, UBS Survey: Consumer Spending Likely Flat for January
January 19, 2010Consumer spending in January promises to be flat or up only slightly as a result of several factors that raise concern about economic recovery anytime...
CEA Projects 10 Percent CE Spending Uptick by July
January 6, 2010
CEA’s statistical analysts, calling 2010 a year of “rebuilding and recovery,” projected that by July – by their reckoning, the one-year anniversary of the beginning...
CE Confidence Down Slightly
January 5, 2010Consumer confidence in the electronics sector dropped slightly from November's record number, while overall economic confidence remained steady...
Online Holiday Spending Rises; CE Jumps 20 Percent
December 31, 2009
Overall online spending jumped 5 percent over the same period last year during the holiday season, reaching $27 billion between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24...
CE Web Site Traffic Rises
December 29, 2009Visits to consumer electronics Web sites jumped 32 percent in November from the month before, while Best Buy's Web site was by far the traffic...
