Archive for the ‘Retail’ Category

So if it’s a slowdown…what happens in Europe?

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

by Paul Gray, Director of European TV Research I've been conducting a thought experiment on what a USA consumer slowdown will mean for the TV market in Europe. Historically, Europe tends to enter recessions after the USA—often up to a year later. In general, this is as export contracts are fulfilled ...

May You Live in Interesting Times

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

By David Barnes, VP, Strategic Analysis Raise your hand if you remember the TV program “Connections” by James Burke, first aired by the BBC in 1979 and by PBS in the USA subsequently through 1997. Like Mr. Burke, I find my mind connects data points from many sources. Unfortunately, unlike him, ...

Acer, Gateway, Lenovo and Packard Bell

Monday, August 27th, 2007

By John Jacobs, Director of Notebook Market Research So, it looks like the rumors that have been bandied about the PC industry for well over a year are finally true. Acer will acquire gateway for US$710 million. So, what does this acquisition do for Gateway and what does it ...

How Vizio Became #1 in Flat Panel TVs

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

By Ross Young, Founder and President of DisplaySearch Our latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, which reveals shipments and revenues by technology, region, size and resolution for 56 different TV brands, included a big surprise about the North American TV market. Vizio, which has only been in the TV ...

LCD vs. PDP Part #2 (Battle of 2007)

Monday, July 16th, 2007

By Eddie Taylor, Vice President of TV Market Research 2006 was clearly a winning year for LCD technology. In Q1’06, LCD had 35% revenue share of the North American TV market, which grew to a 58% share by Q1’07. Meanwhile Plasma (PDP) TV lost share, moving from 25% to 22% revenue ...