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Mobile phones is one of the best performing categories (after wearable electronics and headphones) in consumer electronics in France in 2023, albeit still showing volume declines due to inflationary pressures reducing consumers’ spending power. That…
Mobile phones remains in a volume decline in 2023, albeit less severe than seen in 2022. The slow sales are attributed to models’ longer lifecycles meaning elongated periods of time between replacements, in addition to the weak economic climate…
The downward trend in mobile phones, following a brief increase in retail volume sales of smartphones during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, is set to continue over 2023. The replacement cycle in smartphones seems to have finally peaked,…
Retail volume sales of in-car entertainment continued to decline in 2023, even though driving picked up again as the pandemic ebbed away. Modern cars have built-in car speakers and media players, which has led to a general decline in demand for…
In-car entertainment continues to face various challenges in 2023. First of all, most new models of cars offer built-in navigation, high-quality sound systems and media players. This is especially true of electric vehicles, which are driving growth…
In-car entertainment is set to see further decline in volume sales in 2023. As recent cars come equipped with integrated in-car entertainment, it is becoming rare for consumers to buy these products separately for their cars. Furthermore, replacement…
Sales of in-car entertainment continue to record a steep decline in 2023 with these products increasingly losing relevance in Sweden. New vehicles are introducing ever more advanced built-in entertainment, while for many consumers their smartphones…
In-car entertainment has been in long-term decline for a number of years, with some categories reporting a consistent double-digit decrease in volume sales. Unlike some other areas of consumer electronics sales of in-car entertainment were actually…
In-car entertainment continued to lose traction in 2023. With the vast majority of new vehicles sold in the country already equipped with embedded in-car infotainment systems, fewer local consumers turned to aftermarket products. Furthermore,…
In-car navigation is struggling to find sales, due to the rise of in-built systems and competition from smartphones. Indeed, there is a strong substitution trend with smartphone navigation apps, which reduce or even remove the need to purchase an…