Archive for November, 2008
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
By Mark Schutter, Director of Channel Market Research
We are just days away from Black Friday madness and, as was the case in recent years, nearly all of the printed ad proofs have been leaked, revealing some fairly aggressive promotions. While the hot “ticket-required” items – the Black Friday grail only ...
Posted in Mark Schutter, Notebook PCs, Retail, TVs | No Comments »
Monday, November 17th, 2008
By David Barnes, VP Strategic Analysis
Panasonic has shocked Japan twice this year. First, the company founded by venerable Matsushita Konosuke-san in 1918 announced it would change its name to Panasonic, which had become its best-known brand name outside Japan. Second, Panasonic announced plans to acquire SANYO Electric. The exact nature ...
Posted in David Barnes, Desktop Monitors, TVs | 3 Comments »
Friday, November 14th, 2008
By Paul Gray, Director, European TV Research
While doing some background work on forecasting for the next few months, I started examining any correlation between the TV market and savings. Intuitively there is some kind of a link.
Taking the penetration of TV into homes appeared to me to consider longer-term effects and iron out ...
Posted in Paul Gray, TVs | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
By David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market
TFT LCD makers are now suffering from a deep downturn. According to the latest Quarterly TFT LCD Cost Forecast Reports with Annual and Quarterly Projections, panel prices are approaching cash costs, and some panel makers are already selling products ...
Posted in David Hsieh, Desktop Monitors, Equipment, Large Format Commercial Public Displays, Notebook PCs, Suppliers, TVs | 5 Comments »
Monday, November 10th, 2008
By Chris Connery with Shawn Lee
When looking at the LCD DESKTOP monitor market, the question of vertical integration has long been debated in the industry in regards to whether it is important for factories to have their own brands and vice-versa (for strong bands ...
Posted in Chris Connery, Shawn Lee, TVs | 1 Comment »
