Consumer Electronics

Samsung remains as the global leader in consumer electronics due to a wide array of categories as well as strategic investment decisions regarding both products and markets. Although Samsung’s position in developing markets is under threat due to the...

Apple achieved its highest ever sales in 2020, despite the challenging global economic situation. Apple has been shifting its business to be less dependent on iPhones, and revenues from Services and Wearables received a boost due to the Coronavirus ...

Sales of consumer electronics are projected to undergo a V-shaped recovery, following a 5% decline in value terms in 2020. As consumers become accustomed to the new normal, sales are forecast to return to growth in 2021. ...

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers have been heavily impacted by COVID-19 in 2020. The most direct cause of the sharp drop in sales has been the shuttering of stores from March to July, as the government struggled to contain the virus by ...

The digital transformation in play and entertainment has been a key factor in growth in videogames in recent years, boosting the popularity of gaming PCs and related products, and also shaping the focus on at-home gaming eco-systems. High-end ...

Sales of in-home consumer electronics in Latin America continue to decline, with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic only worsening industry performance in 2020. The market is dominated by TVs, which, with already very high penetration rates, are ...

Coronavirus has exposed the strengths and weaknesses of HP’s current position in computers and peripherals. While stay-at-home orders have caused a surge in demand for laptop computers, the printer market’s troubles have been exacerbated, which, ...

The annual IFA fair is known as the biggest Consumer Electronics and Consumer Appliances trade fair globally. 2020 was a unique year for IFA, where the trade fair was held in hybrid format - physically with very limited number of business attendees ...

The Q4 forecast update for consumer electronics showed an improved optimism as consumers started to adjust the new lifestyles triggered by the pandemic. A strong rebound is expected in 2021 but pre-COVID-19 revenues are not expected to be fully ...

The consumer electronics market in Brazil was adversely impacted by COVID-19, as consumers prioritised spending elsewhere, or delayed replacement purchases. This pandemic compounded the economic difficulties the country already faced following the ...

The in-car entertainment category suffered from the combination of social isolation measures and economic instability arising from COVID-19. The performance of in-car entertainment is closely related to the performance of the automotive industry in ...

This briefing provides a global overview of the different retail channels in the consumer electronics market and how they are evolving. Among these channels are electronics and appliances specialist retailers, hypermarkets, discounters and ...

An 11% decline in car sales in Chile during 2019, as announced by ANAC, the National Automotive Association of Chile, combined with the closure of physical sales outlets due to the protests that affected Chile in the last quarter of 2019, saw in-car ...

COVID-19 has had a minor negative impact on consumer electronics, stemming from both supply side disruptions and changes in demand patterns....

What could be evaluated as major changes in people’s lifestyles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, such as curfew, movement restrictions, army checkpoints, store closures and overall uncertainty over the future, were situations that, to a ...

2020 is set to see decline deepen slightly, with sales expected to fall by 9% by volume compared to an already swift decline of 8% in 2019. Demand for in-car entertainment is suffering from long term decline as sales lose out to built-in navigation ...

The in-car entertainment category saw even steeper negative growth in 2020 in Morocco than in 2019. This was due to the combination of the economic impact of COVID-19 on consumer spending power, and growing competition from other consumer ...

COVID-19 slowed sales of consumer electronics across the market in 2020. This was due to the total shutdown in the country arising from lockdown restrictions, as well as the impact on consumer spending power: more than 700,000 people lost their jobs ...

The disruption and other effects of COVID-19 were particularly felt in Q1 of 2020 as the national lockdown was imposed, with parts of Austria, including Tyrol and Bregenz, suffering high infection rates. As a result of businesses closing and ...

COVID-19’s disruption has intensified the declining trend for sales of in-car speakers and in-dash media players, with cars being used much less frequently during lockdown and consumers increasingly cutting back on non-essential purchases because of ...