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Portable Consumer Electronics in Western Europe
Aug 2018
As one of the largest markets, Western Europe seems to be the most mature market at the moment. While single subcategories such as Wearables and Portable Speakers are thriving, more established categories such as smartphones struggle in Germany and ...
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Top 10 Countries to Drive Global Electronics Production Over 2017-2025
Jan 2018
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 ...
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Rise of the She-conomy: Unlocking the Spending Power of Women in Electronics
Nov 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Singapore
Nov 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Vietnam
Oct 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Australia
Sep 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Japan
Sep 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Malaysia
Sep 2017
Smartphones and other mobile devices are influencing the growth of wireless speakers but are threatening the performance of other portable players....
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Portable Players in South Korea
Aug 2017
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....
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Portable Players in the US
Aug 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Mexico
Aug 2017
Mobile phones are strongly affecting the sales of portable players, both positively and negatively....
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Portable Players in Taiwan
Aug 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Venezuela
Aug 2017
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...
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Portable Players in India
Aug 2017
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...
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Portable Players in France
Aug 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in Canada
Aug 2017
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....
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Portable Players in Morocco
Aug 2017
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 ...
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Portable Players in the United Arab Emirates
Aug 2017
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....
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Portable Players in Ukraine
Aug 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 ...
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Portable Players in Hungary
Aug 2017
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...
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