That Was The Year That Was: A Retail Retrospective
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[Twice]
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February
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Distributors Optimistic About The New Year
With International CES and Super Bowl TV promotions behind them, distributors are taking a fresh look at the first half of the new year and are generally hopeful about sales prospects.
With flat-screen TV still popular but margin challenged, distributors believe networked products —whether wired or unwired — should be stocked, sold and assembled by retailers and installers to sales volume and profits. Distributors also see tablet PCs and smartphones as a growth category to drive traffic and sales volume, and hope that IPTV features and renewed marketing plans for 3DTVs will spur flat-panel sales and margins.
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May
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NewBay Panel Optimistic About 3DTV Acceptance
Upbeat assessments of 3DTV are the rule rather than the exception during a 3DTV panel at this month’s “Connected TV and 3D” conference in New York, produced by TWICE parent company NewBay Media. The panel, moderated by TWICE executive editor Greg Tarr, features participants from the CE, film and broadcasting industries. Their optimism echoes results from a new study of 3DTV owners by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), which gave the format positive reviews.
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August
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Merchants Forecast Christmas Chill
CE and appliance merchants are forecasting a cold shoulder from consumers this holiday season. Retail executives contacted by TWICE believe the industry’s current doldrums, which exceed even last summer’s unprecedented slowdown, could continue into the all-important holiday selling period, triggering drastic price promotions. Compounding the problem, they say, is a dearth of new high-tech lures as shoppers gravitate to low-margin tablets and smartphones and remain largely indifferent to 3D and connected TV.
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