Market research on the consumer electronics industry. Standardise...
Market research on the consumer electronics industry. Standardised and cross-comparable total market sizes, and share data, distribution and industry trends and market share ​category level information.
During 2023, wearable electronics generated slightly negative retail volume sales growth, with this representing the first time that demand has contracted since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, value sales continued to rise in current…
2023 saw e-readers experience declining volume sales after positive growth was registered in the category during 2022. This return to negative sales growth is indicative of the general slowdown that is being seen in demand for these products despite…
The global economy is facing weaker growth and increasing fragmentation, as a result of rising geopolitical tensions, especially due to the war in Ukraine and the US-China strategic rivalry. Protectionism, industrial policy and a focus on resilience…
2023 saw volume sales of mobile phones continue to decline, marking a continuation of the downwards trend that has been seen in the category for many years. Apple remains the category’s leading player, with each new release of the new generation of…
2023 witnessed a remarkable recovery in new car sales in the US, a trend which defied lingering economic uncertainty fuelled by concerns over soaring inflation and the spectre of interest rate hikes. Over the first five months of the year, demand for…
The negative sales trends that were recorded across imaging devices in 2023 offer a clear indication that the shift away from these products is far more pronounced in digital camcorders than it is in digital cameras. While both categories are…
Recent years have seen a significant shift in demand for televisions in the US as the category’s leading players have increasingly embraced the emerging category of OLED TVs. This has accompanied an increase in the production of the technology…
Home audio and cinema continued to experience falling sales during 2023, with various factors contributing to this negative performance. One of the key contributors to ongoing sales declines in the category is the increasing popularity of streaming…
During 2023, wireless headbands continued to experience strong volume growth despite the overall weakness in demand for consumer electronics overall. The combination of low ownership rates and the rapid adoption of wireless headbands have created an…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession since World War II. In Q4 2020, the end of the pandemic started as countries began administering effective vaccines among the population; however, vaccine distribution…