Portable Players

The global electronics sector is expected to see a 3% CAGR over 2017-2025. Expanding Asian markets will land most investments into production in Asia Pacific. Unsurprisingly, nine out of 10 key electronics-driving countries will be based in the ...

With increased access to higher education and more women entering the labour force, women are more empowered than before. The higher spending power of women is driving the rise of the She-conomy. There is no need for all electronics to be customised ...

Portable wireless speakers was the fastest growing category, with a volume growth rate of 14%, in 2017. As digital music distribution supersedes physical distribution, digital downloads and music streaming services are making it easier and more ...

In 2017, portable players continued to decline in both volume and current value terms due to a lack of consumer demand. The higher penetration of multi-purpose devices like smartphones and tablets has had a significant negative impact on consumer ...

Wireless speakers was the only category in portable players in Australia in 2017 to record positive growth. In fact, the category continued to perform very well due to these devices being convenient to take when on the go, for example to the park or ...

Portable media players and e-readers are categories in which sales are facing strong competition from smartphones, which are increasingly used to play music, view videos, stream content and read e-books. The widening ownership of smartphones and the ...

Smartphones and other mobile devices are influencing the growth of wireless speakers but are threatening the performance of other portable players....

Wireless speakers was the only category in portable players to record a positive performance in 2017, registering retail volume growth of 14%. As consumers increasingly used their smartphones to listen to music, demand rose for better quality sound....

Perhaps the most transformative trend in the entire US consumer electronics space in 2017 was the rapid ascendancy of a particular subset of wireless speakers that offer built-in, voice-activated, personal assistant technology. At a relatively ...

Mobile phones are strongly affecting the sales of portable players, both positively and negatively....

Retail volume sale sales of portable players remained stagnant in 2017, which was caused by the fast decline in portable media players and even faster growth contributed by wireless speakers in the same year. As music distributed via the digital ...

In 2017, as in all categories in consumer electronics, limited supply and higher prices characterised the portable media players landscape. A falling trend in portable multimedia players, which made up 96% of sales in this category in 2017, drove the...

Growth of smartphones negatively affected sales of portable media players in India, which declined by 20% in volume terms in 2017. As smartphones act as multipurpose devices that can store and play both music and video, there is no requirement for an...

Except for the boom in demand for wireless speakers, all other portable players saw a volume sales contraction in 2017 for three main reasons. First, close substitution ability from smartphones and computers continues to hinder demand for portable ...

Stronger adoption of smartphones with increasing online streaming services has resulted in the decline of some categories within portable players. However, smartphone adoption has also aided sales of wireless speakers....

The sustained fast growth in sales of smartphones and tablets has had a big impact on portable players. Portable media players were specifically affected by the shift to smartphones and tablets, which consumers increasingly choose for listening to ...

Waterproof technology and better sound quality drove demand for wireless speakers in 2017. With 14% volume growth, wireless speakers was the only growing category within portable players in 2017....

Rising smartphone penetration in Ukraine has had a major impact on the development of portable players in recent years. Together with the trend towards on-the-go lifestyles, growth in smartphone usage has helped to bolster demand for wireless ...

Smartphones and tablets are taking over the function of portable media players more and more, and a growing number of Hungarian consumers can afford to buy them. Average users are satisfied with the improving features of smartphones to play media and...

As wireless technology improves and smartphone penetration rises, demand for devices that can be connected to phones and play entertainment apps is growing. Wireless speakers are typically used at home, during commutes in cars, at gatherings with ...