Home Audio and Cinema

Home audio and cinema presents the most negative forecast scenario, with all product areas predicted to decline over the forecast period. The major force behind the pessimistic forecast is the expansion of alternative and more user friendly devices. ...

Increasing consumer purchasing power and a positive economic context favoured higher retail value sales of home audio and cinema in Romania in 2018. Romanians are becoming more sophisticated consumers, focusing on quality when it comes to their ...

According to the NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia (Venezuelan Observatory of Violence), Venezuela registered 89 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, which translated into 26,616 victims and kept the country in second place in the ...

In home audio, wireless adaption is growing in importance as streaming services such as Spotify are immensely popular amongst Danes. Most other categories were therefore declining as Danes preferred wireless speakers instead of analogue audio systems...

The volume sales of home audio and cinema continued to fall in 2018, largely due to rising competition from wireless speakers. Wireless speakers offer advantages in terms of convenience, flexibility and mobility, in addition to appealing to the ...

Recent years have seen major changes in how people in Taiwan listen to music. Most notably, most people now consume music in digital formats, including streaming services. At the same time, shrinking home sizes and the growing desire for convenience ...

Home audio and cinema recorded a heavy decline in volume sales in 2018, in fact the heaviest loss of the review period, due to several products becoming irrelevant for consumers, such as hi-fi systems, digital media player docks and other home audio ...

Home cinema and speaker systems experienced a positive year due to an increase in sales of products such as sound bars. Televisions continued to show limited improvements in sound quality and this has become a problem for many consumers. Australians ...

Hi-fi systems products are particularly popular with the lower-income population in the country, with a focus in the Northeast region and poor suburbs of big cities. However, over the past five years this category showed the strongest decline of ...

The home audio and cinema category’s sales are predicted to decrease at a rapid pace over the forecast period. This category includes many luxurious products, which are considered by a very high percentage of the population as non-essential. Home ...

When it comes to audio, Spaniards are increasingly moving towards streaming services. Smartphones, laptops and tablets are the main sources for audio streaming, with these complemented by wireless speakers. Consequently, wireless speakers are ...

Demand for audio separates and speaker systems declined in 2018 because of the low-cost substitution of wireless speakers. The latter require much less setup effort and less upfront cost, as the entire system can be bought in one purchase. Even ...

Sales of wireless speakers are growing rapidly, suppressing sales in home audio and cinema. The performances of digital media player docks, hi-fi systems and speakers were all pushed down by wireless speakers in 2018. People do still listen to music,...

Home audio and cinema in Austria recorded further volume and value declines in 2018. The growing popularity of mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones as audio players as well as the increasing selection and acceptance of wireless speakers ...

Despite the expected decline in overall home audio and cinema, retail volume sales of home cinema and speakers are expected to grow over the forecast period, driven primarily by the increasing popularity of soundbars. Soundbars are becoming the ...

Apart from hi-fi systems and other home audio and cinema, subcategories within home audio and cinema have become a niche for audio enthusiasts. Portability and wireless integration are some of the major trends that are reshaping home audio and ...

Digitalisation has greatly impacted the audio industry, with consumers increasingly shifting to music and film streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix. Smartphone usage in the Philippines continues to grow due to the multi-functionality and ...

Home audio and cinema is expected to see a retail volume decline over the forecast period; a stronger decline than seen during the review period. The worst performance is expected to be seen by digital media player docks, followed by hi-fi systems. ...

Sound bars and wireless speakers continue to reshape the home audio landscape. Sound bars remains the fastest growing segment within home audio and cinema, as many consumers are adopting these units as their primary audio devices. Sound bars are ...

Home audio and cinema continued its downward trend, as these products are not regarded as essential appliances but more as a sign of upper-class status by most of the Czech population. This common perception did not change much since the price ...