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Wearable Electronics in
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Executive Summary

Aug 2019
PROSPECTS
Smart wearables maintains strong growth as product offer increases in range and sophistication

Smart wearables saw continued strong volume growth in 2019, driven by new players entering the market and the increasing sophistication of the product offer. These factors have played a part in raising consumer awareness of smart wearables and convincing them of the potential benefits they offer.

Activity bands struggling to gain from rise in number of runners

Activity bands witnessed a continued steep decline in the final year of the review period. While such products have gained popularity amongst runners, manufacturers have increasingly been shifting to products with screens and a greater range of features.

Traditional watchmakers responding to rise of smart wearables

As smartphones increasingly undermine the functional role of traditional watches, traditional watch manufacturers are entering the analogue activity watches category. Citizen is amongst the major players to turn its attention to the development of so-called hybrid smart watches.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Apple Watch maintains innovation to support dominant position

Apple maintained its position as the dominant player in wearable electronics at the end of the review period, thanks to its strength in the smart wearables category. However, the company’s share declined in 2019 as a result of both increasing competition in smart wearables and Garmin Japan’s strong growth in the generally contracting activity wearables category.

Garmin builds on reputation in GPS devices

Garmin grew dynamically in wearable electronics in 2019 despite the overall contraction of its core category, activity wearables. Garmin has managed to attract Japan’s growing number of runners with a number of models offering strong reliability in their GPS feature.

Seiko Epson’s wearable electronics share falls as it focuses on analogue watches

Having seen its volume share peak in 2016, Seiko Epson Corp witnessed significant share erosion in the final three years of the review period. The company is focusing more strongly on analogue watches, reducing its activity in wearable electronics, a faster-changing category in which it has struggled to keep pace with IT giants such as Apple and Huawei.

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The Wearable Electronics in Japan market research report includes:

  • Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends
  • Detailed segmentation of international and local products
  • Historic volumes and values, company and brand market shares
  • Five year forecasts of market trends and market growth  
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This industry report originates from Passport, our Consumer Electronics market research database.

Wearable Electronics in Japan - Category analysis

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Smart wearables maintains strong growth as product offer increases in range and sophistication
Activity bands struggling to gain from rise in number of runners
Traditional watchmakers responding to rise of smart wearables

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Apple Watch maintains innovation to support dominant position
Garmin builds on reputation in GPS devices
Seiko Epson’s wearable electronics share falls as it focuses on analogue watches

CATEGORY DATA

Table 1 Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: Volume 2014-2019
Table 2 Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: Value 2014-2019
Table 3 Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: % Volume Growth 2014-2019
Table 4 Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: % Value Growth 2014-2019
Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Wearable Electronics: % Volume 2015-2019
Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Wearable Electronics: % Volume 2016-2019
Table 7 Distribution of Wearable Electronics by Channel: % Volume 2015-2019
Table 8 Forecast Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: Volume 2019-2024
Table 9 Forecast Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: Value 2019-2024
Table 10 Forecast Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
Table 11 Forecast Sales of Wearable Electronics by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024

Consumer Electronics in Japan - Industry Overview

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Consumer electronics undergoing significant transformation
2019 sees a number of major developments for telecom operators
Competitive landscape may be on the verge of change
Store-based specialists remain dominant despite growth in internet retailing
Changing consumer behaviour and 5G roll-out to present new opportunities

MARKET DATA

Table 12 Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: Volume 2014-2019
Table 13 Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: Value 2014-2019
Table 14 Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: % Volume Growth 2014-2019
Table 15 Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: % Value Growth 2014-2019
Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Electronics: % Volume 2015-2019
Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Electronics: % Volume 2016-2019
Table 18 Distribution of Consumer Electronics by Channel: % Volume 2014-2019
Table 19 Forecast Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: Volume 2019-2024
Table 20 Forecast Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: Value 2019-2024
Table 21 Forecast Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
Table 22 Forecast Sales of Consumer Electronics by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024

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