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CTA Looks Beyond the “Magnificent Seven”

by Bob Raikes

Dubravac of the CTA. Image:Meko LtdAs usual, the CES press events kicked off with a market briefing and “Technology Trends” talk by the CTA which runs CES. This year, the event was in a …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Consumer Electronics Industry| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

IoT Will Drive Consumer Tech Industry to $287 Billion in Revenues

by Isaac Oburu

The ever-expanding adoption and continued growth of innovations comprising the Internet of Things (IoT) will help lead the U.S. consumer technology industry to a record-setting $287 billion in retail revenues ($224 billion wholesale) in …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Internet of Things IOT

Consumer Sentiment Dips in December, says CTA

by Tom Allen

Consumer confidence toward the overall economy and technology spending both decreased in December, according to the latest data released today by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. Overall Economy …

Tags:Consumer Confidence| CTA (was CEA)| USA

Volkswagen’s Dr. Herbert Diess to Keynote CES 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, announced today that Dr. Herbert Diess, chairman, board of management, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming CES® 2016. …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Events

Online Shoppers Compete With In-Store on Black Friday

by Tom Allen

The CTA (formerly CEA) estimated that 56.9 million American adults (45% of all shoppers) bought or planned to buy technology products over the Thanksgiving shopping week (from the 23rd – 30th November). A new …

Tags:Black Friday| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail Data| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Big Deals on Big TVs This Black Friday

by Tom Allen

This year, retailers are especially aware of the popularity of large TVs on Black Friday. Both Target and Best Buy have said that their sales mix is shifting towards larger sets. 60″ – 65″ …

Tags:Black Friday| CTA (was CEA)| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Pricing| Retail| STBs| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Black Friday No Longer a One-Day Event

by Tom Allen

37% of Americans – 91 million people – expect to purchase technology items or related accessories during ‘Black Friday Week’ (the Monday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after, aka Cyber Monday), says the CTA …

Tags:Amazon| Best Buy| Black Friday| Costco| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Walmart

LG and Samsung Secure CES Awards

by Tom Allen

LG and Samsung have both taken multiple CES 2016 Innovation Awards: 21 and 38, respectively. Winning products for LG included the 77″ UltraHD OLED TV, V10 smartphone and G Watch Urbane 2nd Edition; other …

Tags:Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Events| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 45

RIP CEA! Long Live CTA!

by Norbert Hildebrand

The biggest news at CES Unveiled in New York was the new name the CEA is using from now on. Gone is the ‘Consumer Electronic Association’ with the new name being CTA (Consumer Technology …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45