Consumer Electronics

The global outlook has improved as of Q1 2021, thanks to vaccination progress in many developed countries. Nevertheless, the recovery prospects remain distant for most economies in the face of the spread of new, more infectious variants of the virus.…

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…

2023 saw volume sales of headphones in Argentina increase for the fifth consecutive year. The main reason for the strong positive sales performances being seen in headphones is rising consumer demand for TWS earbuds. Despite wireless headbands and…

Headphones experienced dynamic retail volume growth in Brazil in 2022, and this is set to continue in 2023, driven primarily by the increasing popularity of True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds and, to a lesser extent, wireless headbands. As more…

Headphones is set to return to minimal growth in 2023, after seeing a slight retail volume decline in 2022, although continuous growth has been seen in current value terms due to price rises. The strong positive volume performance during the pandemic…

Although wireless headbands and TWS earbuds performed well in 2023, sales in these subcategories have not been enough to offset macro category decline.

Retail volume sales and current value sales of headphones are set to continue to grow over 2023, and at their fastest rates of the review period. During 2020 and 2021, the demand for headphones was strongly supported by the fact that many more people…

During 2023, demand for home audio and cinema remained on a downtrends trend. Volume sales have been falling in the category for many years, although 2020 was an exception as the strict approach taken to social distancing and home seclusion at the…

Consumers in general are no longer interested in most of the categories within home audio and cinema, with practically all of them seeing double-digit declines in both retail volume and current value terms in 2022, and this is set to continue in…

There is a continued high consumer focus on improving life in the home, which is a residual effect of the pandemic, which led Chileans to purchase consumer electronics to make their lives at home more comfortable. Nevertheless, home audio and cinema…

The decline of home audio and cinema in 2023 is due to its inability to compete with wireless devices with greater technology and functionality. Colombian consumers are increasingly familiar with smart systems, which has led to home audio and cinema…

During 2020 and 2021, the demand for home audio and cinema was supported by the exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which saw consumers fall back on the home for entertainment purposes. As consumers worked, studied and entertained…

Televisions continued to account for virtually all sales in home video in Argentina in 2023. The very positive volume growth that was recorded in televisions in 2022 continued into 2023; however, by the middle of the year, the category was…

Home video in Brazil has been badly affected by global price increases, especially considering high inflation in Brazil, which contributed to the decline of the category in 2022 (and also expected in 2023) even as it experienced a temporary sales…

Home video experienced strong retail volume growth during the pandemic in 2021, when consumers had the opportunity to increase their discretionary expenditure, given the withdrawal from pension funds and direct government help. However, with most…

Retail volume sales of home video declined in 2023, as local consumers faced significant constraints on household spending in the wake of rising inflation and low economic growth. Additionally, in the 12 months from March 2022 to March 2023, the…

Overall, retail volume sales of home video are set to continue to decrease strongly over 2023. However, there remains a sharp divergence between the performance of televisions and video players. The strong growth in demand for OLED TVs is offset by…

The pressure on household incomes due to the very high inflation that has plagued Argentinian society for some time continued to discourage consumers from investing in imaging devices during 2023. However, economic uncertainty and the erosion of…

The rapid advance of technology has led to a significant decline in the popularity of and demand for imaging devices, as they are gradually being replaced by smartphones. With their ever-improving camera capabilities, smartphones have become the…

In 2023, the increase in mobility after the pandemic ended is set to help decelerate the retail volume decline that imaging devices had been suffering, as consumers have returned to enjoying life outdoors. Nevertheless, the substitution trend pushed…