Consumers are Paying More for Consumer Electronics

Introduction

Scope

Key findings

Market Outlook

Asia Pacific cushions slowdown in Western Europe and North America

Value growth keeping pace with volume growth

Lifestyle changes that affect sales

Gender blurring: Pink is not just for girls

Spending singles and mid-lifers: All about me

Extension of middle class: Substantial wealth accumulation

Agnostic consumers: Cheap is not always better

Consumer expenditure: More things to buy and pay

Ageing population: Healthcare is of utmost priority

Computers and Peripherals

Tablets leads by volume, while laptops ahead by value

Laptops set to undergo renaissance

Tablets struggle to find sweet spot amid multi-screen consumption

Laptops and tablets penetration approaching saturation

Convertibles salvage manufacturers’ profit margins

Convertible tablets’ popularity boosts Windows

Enterprises start to embrace portable computing

Business tablets buoyed by retail and hospitality

Monitors look to niche markets

Printers continue to lose relevance

In-car Entertainment

Growth of ride-sharing services impact car ownership

Developed markets continue to see a slide in demand

Older cars are cushioning the decline in emerging markets

In-home Consumer Electronics

Developed markets drive value growth in LCD TVs

OLED TVs are still far from mainstream

Smart TVs is increasingly a checkbox feature

Video players are becoming obsolete

Changes in content consumption impact demand for home audio

Portable Consumer Electronics

Smartphones and wearables drive volume sales

Emerging markets are high-growth markets for smartphones

Huawei’s meteoric rise to third position in smartphones

Mobile gaming fuels growth of large-screen smartphones

Wireless speakers to reach 73 million units in 2021

Consumers are willing to pay for audio quality as price hits US$95

Smart wearables to drive up value sales

Asia Pacific will account for almost half of total retail value sales

Margins increasing despite selling less

E-readers become niche as print books prove to be resilient

Portable media players lose relevance to consumers

Retail Channel Distribution

Store-based retailers still dominant

Growth of internet retailing is not uniform across categories

Online retailers target mobile-first consumers

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