Home Audio and Cinema

Home audio and cinema is expected to register a slight increase in volume and current value sales in 2022. With inflation creeping up, players offer promotions in order to support volume sales. Hi-Fi systems are expected to register the highest…

The growing number of audio alternatives continues to dampen demand for home audio and cinema in 2022. Digital media player docks is once again set to see the weakest performance in 2022 in retail volume terms due to more advanced options being…

Unlike most categories within home audio and cinema, audio separates, which encompasses amplifiers, tuners, vinyl players, and other electronics, is set to see volume growth in 2022. Two trends have been driving growth in this category. The first is…

In the past few years, the requirement for high resolution audio gained momentum in mainstream consumer electronics, which was previously limited to the high-end audio segment. This is due to consumers’ demand for wireless technology that gives…

During the lockdown in Greece in 2020 and 2021, consumers invested in in-home entertainment, especially home cinema and speaker systems, and this had a positive impact upon home audio and cinema and the shares of manufacturers such as LG Electronics…

Volume sales are declining in home audio and cinema overall in 2022, while current value sales surge ahead in response to inflationary pressures and increased production and transportation costs. Downward movement in volume terms has been underway…

Home audio and cinema continues its downward trend in terms of volume sales in 2022, with every product area in decline. Falling fastest is digital media player docks, followed by hi-fi systems. Lifestyles in Thailand are changing rapidly, with one…

While demand for home audio and cinema is predicted to marginally decline in 2022, following a positive performance the previous year, sales volumes remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. The category is being driven by home cinema and speaker…

Home audio and cinema faces the challenge of a growing number of consumers switching to smartphones, wireless speakers, and Bluetooth headsets as substitutes for traditional home audio and cinema products. In addition, an increasing number of…

Retail current value sales in home audio and cinema saw slight growth in 2021, and this trend is set to continue in 2022. However, retail volume sales saw a slight decline in 2021, with this trend also set to continue in 2022. Home audio and cinema…

Home audio and cinema is set to see a continued significant decline in sales in 2022. The category continues to suffer from substitution by portable devices and more modern alternatives. Changing lifestyles, which are increasingly mobile, continue to…

Technological advances in sound devices at home, such as wireless speakers, have been negatively affecting the popularity and performances of some categories in the Brazilian market for years, such as audio separates, digital media player docks,…

Home audio and cinema in Chile is a category that is being increasingly replaced by products with greater technological capacity. This has significantly reduced its overall size, a trend that was already emerging prior to the review period.…

The rise in demand seen in home audio and cinema in the review period has been attributed to pandemic-induced home seclusion and the popularity of direct-to-home film releases supported by streaming service providers such as Netflix and Disney+.…

Home audio and cinema has been losing ground in recent years as the consumption of entertainment moves online in Romania. With the soaring popularity of streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music, Romanians have fewer incentives to use home…

Volume sales of home audio and cinema are in long-term decline and they continued to shrink during 2022, with further declines expected over the forecast period. Most home audio and cinema products have long been considered redundant and only…

Home audio and cinema sub-categories such as audio separates, Hi-Fi systems, digital media player docks and speakers, continue to face competition from multifunctional devices such as smartphones, headphones, televisions, sound bars and wireless…

The overall home audio and cinema retail volume sales will record a marginal decline in 2022 as the difficult economic conditions and rising prices reduce consumer demand. The decline is being driven by hi-fi systems and speakers, both of which will…

During 2020 and 2021, demand for home audio and cinema was supported by the fact that local consumers were spending more time at home and thus more willing to spend money on home entertainment. However, this was largely offset by the economic shock…

Home audio and cinema overall is in decline in 2022, for the tenth consecutive year. Portability continues to stand as the most desirable feature for consumers, thus supporting growth of smaller and more convenient devices such as wireless speakers.…