Archive for the ‘Retail’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Economics, Paul Gray, Retail, TVs | 1 Comment »
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, ...
Posted in Applications, Authors, David Barnes, Economics, Retail, Suppliers, TVs, Technology | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in John Jacobs, Notebook PCs, Retail | 3 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Authors, Retail, TVs | 3 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Retail, TVs | 4 Comments »