From mConsumer to Fast-Moving Startups: Consumer Health in the Age of Connectivity
Carolina Ordonez
The ever changing and evolving worlds of online platforms and mobile connectivity have been revolutionising the way consumers connect and communicate with brands and services as well as increasingly impacting the way businesses, and startups in…
CES 2015 – Life beyond Smartphones
Wee Teck Loo
Samsung Corp’s disappointing quarter financial results, especially from its Mobile division, were a wake-up call for all manufacturers to be less dependent on smartphones. Euromonitor International looks at some interesting products from the Consumer…
HP Split: Double the Trouble
Wee Teck Loo
Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP (HP) announced on Monday (6 October) that it plans to separate into two new public companies: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. The only choice HP has been struggling to achieve revenue and profit growth since…
Consumer Electronics: Turnaround Efforts of 2013 and Prospects for 2014
Euromonitor International
2013 was a transition period for many electronics manufacturers. Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard Development Co Lp, Sony Corp and HTC Corp, among many others, spent 2013 trying to realign their strategies and product portfolios. But, rapidly declining…
Laptops and Desktops Still Relevant Moving Forward
Wee Teck Loo
Acer Inc’s Chairman and CEO, JT Wang, tendered his resignation on 5 November 2013 after the company reported a net loss of US$446 million for the third quarter of the year and announced plans to reduce its number of staff globally by 7%. Just a week…
Dell Inc Goes Private Hoping to Become the Next IBM
Euromonitor International
Dell Inc is one of many tech companies attempting a turnaround effort in 2013, and in September 2013, the board of directors voted in favour of doing so as a private company. Michael Dell wants to turn the company into a provider of comprehensive…