Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
Portable players continues to see weak demand overall and remain in a negative figure slump, albeit volume sales have improved from the steep declines seen in 2022. Overall, the advances in technology seen in multifunctional consumer electronics such…
Portable players is seeing a healthy performance in 2023, in part thanks to the overall popularity and success of wireless speakers, in addition to the return of gatherings and social occasions out-of-home in the post-pandemic landscape. Indeed, in…
In 2023, portable players in India saw positive retail volume and current value growth, driven solely by the sale of wireless speakers. The vast majority of sales in portable players can be attributed to wireless speakers, which are witnessing…
In 2023, positive volume sales growth in portable players in Indonesia remains entirely driven by sales of wireless speakers, while other product areas are witnessing significant retail volume declines. The surge in popularity of multifunctional…
It was in May 2022 that Apple announced it was discontinuing its iPod brand. Apple’s iPod is an iconic device, changing the face of music over the last two decades. With the advertising copy “1,000 songs in your pocket”, the first model debuted in…