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Automotive consumer electronics sales to grow 13% in 2008: Sales of in-vehicle consumer electronics will grow at a rate of 13% in 2008 to more than $12.8 bln, according to Consumer Electronics Association. The typical American spends nearly 17 hours a week in his vehicle. CEA finds that 38% of the driving age population intends to purchase and install...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Windows CE, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Personal Technology, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-03
Consumer electronics sales to grow 6.1% in 2008: The consumer electronics industry is projected to post a healthy 6.1% increase in revenues in 2008, according to Consumer Electronics Association. Overall shipment revenues are forecast to top $171 bln in 2008, yielding a growth rate of 6.1%. CEA also released its estimate of final shipment revenues for 2007, which...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Consumer Electronics Industry, Shipment Revenue, Gaming Category, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows CE, Games, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, site admin; Blog posts 2008-01-07
Photos: Defenders of the CRT: Though the CEA predicts CRT TVs will no longer be sold in the United States past 2009, for now, tube TVs are still a significant portion of the television market.; Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TV, CRT, Consumer Electronics Association, photograph, U.S.; Image galleries 2007-02-23
We're going to spend $21 billion over the holiday season this year: The Consumer Electronics Association CEA is predicting that we're going to spend a whopping $21 billion over the holiday season this year, up 21% from a miserly $17 billion last year. That includes the whole works - tree, plastic snowman on the roof, mountain of food and, of course, gifts.It seems...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Association; Blog posts 2006-10-24
consumer electronics association: Happy holidays: CEA sees higher spending on the waySean Wargo, the CEA's head of industry analysis, told the Industry Forum in San Francisco that there will be more spent this year than everbefore. Speaking on Oct. 16, 2006, Wargo said higher wholesale prices are fueling the consumer electronics growth.; Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Sean Wargo; Videos 2006-10-16

$122.9 bln worth of consumer electronics to sell in 2005: Consumer Electronics Association expects consumer electronics sales to rise YTY from $112.9 bln to $122.9 bln, an 8.8% increase, after rising 10% from $102.7 bln in 2003. But overall unit sales will be flat from 2004 to 2005, declining 1.8%.; Tags: consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Association, electronics; Blog posts 2005-11-16
Wish list for holiday shopping: MP3 player, digital camera: Consumer Electronics Association it expects a 9% increase in revenues from sales of consumer electronics 4C@8=3 2005 holiday season. CEA is forecasting that overall holiday spending will increase 14% per average household (from $1,254 to $1,430) over 2004. CEA found that MP3 players topped 2005's wish list, displacing digital cameras...; Tags: MP3 player, Consumer Electronics Association; Blog posts 2005-10-18
$125.7 bln of consumer electronics will be sold in 2005: Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics goods will reach a record-high of $125.7 bln in 2005, marking an 11% increase over the $113.5 bln dollars sold in 2004, according to the Consumer Electronics Association CEA. The year-end total for 2004 would exceed initial expectations. The $113.5 bln total is an increase...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, sales; Blog posts 2005-01-16
$125.7 bln of consumer electronics will be sold in 2005: Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics goods will reach a record-high of $125.7 bln in 2005, marking an 11% increase over the $113.5 bln dollars sold in 2004, according to the Consumer Electronics Association CEA. The year-end total for 2004 would exceed initial expectations. The $113.5 bln total is an increase...; Tags: sales, Consumer Electronics Association; Blog posts 2005-01-16
Wishlist for Christmas 2004: HDTV, MP3 player, digital camera: Consumer Electronics Association expects spending on tech gadgets and consumer electronics to increase 5% this holiday season, which is a slowdown from Christmas 2003, when the growth stayed at 14%. Number one item listed in the consumer survey? Peace and happinness. As far as consumer electronics, HDTVs, MP3 players and...; Tags: MP3 player, MP3; Blog posts 2004-10-19
China Eastern Airlines Manages Growth Intelligently With Centralized E-Business Solution: The client is China Eastern Airlines Group. To prepare for the new competitive landscape, CEA began upgrading its information systems, installing an early version of Oracle E-Business Suite about five years ago. CEA was among the first Chinese companies to adopt a modern enterprise resource planning ERP system, and managers...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Client, ERP, Consumer Electronics Association, E-business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Management, Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Software, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies
The CEA Chooses Bull to Supply Europe's Most Powerful Supercomputer: While wireless technology has developed at a breakneck pace in the last few years, only a small number of universities in China have deployed wireless solutions on campus. To help students all over the country benefit from wireless enabled mobile learning, CERNET and the Science and Technology Development Center of...; Tags: Mobile, Supercomputer, Consumer Electronics Association, Intel Corp., CERNET, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Case studies
Intel, Cardhome Internet Printing and ForeDigit Co. Ltd.: The CEA (France's Atomic Energy Authority, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) - a major public sector player in technology research - operates in three main areas: energy, information technology and healthcare, defence and security, and building on its excellence in fundamental research. How does the country guarantee the security, reliability and...; Tags: Intel Itanium 2, Consumer Electronics Association, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited Achieves Standardization: With assets of more than 50 billion yuan (US$6 billion) and more than 35,000 employees, China Eastern Airlines Group, which includes China Eastern Airline Co., Ltd CEA, is a leading force in the Chinese aviation market. The challenge were to standardize and enhance the consistency of CEA's employee education programs...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Training, Consumer Electronics Association, Standardization, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Case studies

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Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?: Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a research note outlining the bullish case for Amazon--takes a few leaps Techmeme. Mahaney has little data on the Kindle (just like the rest...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original: IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...; Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15