2016 was characterised by 11 industry and technology trends in the consumer electronics (CE) sector, which are impacting our entertainment behaviours and other consumption patterns.
Our study Consumer Electronics focuses on video devices and explores the main technological and industrial trends in the following market segments: • Television • Computers • Portable Media Devices • Digital Media Boxes • Set-Top-Boxes. It also delivers key findings on our market sizing and forecasts for CE and connected CE, with a highlight on Ultra HD TV set sales (volume and value) and its prospective up to 2020.
Digital media boxes - home video game consoles - Blu-ray player/recorders - digital media adapters, also known as multimedia gateways, which allow users to read audio and video content and images from other storage sources and display/play them on the TV screen. Digital media recorders are DMAs capable of recording programmes off the TV. They may come with a built-in hard drive, but the current trend tends to be DMRs without a hard drive.
Computers - desktop computers - laptop computers. This sub-segment includes netbooks and notebooks
Televisions - The television segment includes LCD screens: LED, plasma and OLED. These sub-segments are not displayed separately in the database.
STBs The set-top box segment includes four sub-segments: - cable STB - satellite STB - terrestrial TV STB - IPTV STB
Portable media devices: - smartphones - handheld video game consoles - media tablets (touch tablets and e-readers)
Indicators by devices - domestic shipments (million units) - installed base (million units), including an average replacement rate for each category of device - connectable domestic shipment (million units) - connectable installed base (million units) - penetration rate for connectable devices (% of households) - relationship between the percentage of homes equipped with a connectable device and the percentage equipped with this specific device (%)
Geographical coverage Worldwide Due to a lack of reliable data, we have not provided information on the Africa-Middle East region, except for data on televisions. As a result, with the exception of those relating to televisions, global market figures do not include the Africa-Middle East region.
Asia-Pacific - China - Japan - South Korea - Rest of Asia-Pacific
Europe - France - Germany - Italy - Spain - The UK - Poland - Russia - Rest of Europe
North America - USA - Canada
Latin America
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73 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
Consumer electronics continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2019. However, within this, individual categories saw very different performances. Declining volumes were mostly seen in more mature categories lacking innovation, such as in-car entertainment and home audio and cinema. Meanwhile, premium, innovative and successful products,...
64 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
Retail volume growth slowed in 2018 due to the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which impacted rules for the importing of consumer electronics. Furthermore, an unfavourable exchange rate resulted in price rises for many products. The situation in 2019 was more stable with key areas such as smartphones, wireless...
68 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
Consumer electronics in the Netherlands continued to see total volume sales decline in 2019 as consumer confidence weakened amidst signs of an economic slowdown. Saturation remained a major barrier to demand, with volume sales in many categories chiefly driven by replacement purchases. At the same time, demand for numerous product types was...
61 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
New product innovation is crucial in driving what is a saturated market. Recent launches like smart wearables, wireless speakers with voice assistants and activity wearables have been steadily picking up momentum, driving growth in the industry. Meanwhile, smartphones continue to enjoy positive growth as continuous cutting-edge development...
64 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
This is a time of potentially significant transition for the Japanese consumer electronics market. The end of the review period witnessed changes to legislation relating to the deals telecom operators are able to offer on tablets and mobile phones, as well as initial trialling of 5G networks, which are set to be rolled out nationwide in 2020. ...
23 pages •
By Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
• Nov 2019
According to Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute (MIC) of Information Industry Institute (III), shipment value of the global IT hardware industry totaled about USD 172.7 billion in 2018, up 0.8% compared to 2017. The US-China trade continues to have its toll on the IT market and industry as the war has greatly increased the instability...
68 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
Consumer electronics recorded an improved performance in both retail volume terms and current value terms in 2019 compared to the previous year, supported by a number of categories that are increasingly offering consumers convenience, innovation and multifunctionality. Consumer Electronics in Australia report offers a comprehensive...
71 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
Consumer electronics continued to decline in 2019 driven in part by the prevailing economic uncertainty. Another factor is the decluttering of households with many consumers looking to reduce the amount of consumer electronics in their home. While this has negatively impacted some categories it has also benefited others such as wireless speakers,...
59 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
In 2018, VAT of 5% was introduced across the United Arab Emirates. The consumer electronics market in United Arab Emirates therefore witnessed slower volume growth across most of the categories in 2018 as a significant number of consumers in the United Arab Emirates postponed their purchases, as uncertainty remained high. Consumer...
69 pages •
By Euromonitor International
• Aug 2019
In 2019, Germany’s consumer electronics industry recorded a volume decline. Current value growth slowed in 2019, despite average unit price growth increasing slightly. Volume sales are expected to decline and current value sales to stagnate year-on-year in the forecast period unless there is any significant new disruptive innovation in the...
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