Has Black Friday Shifted To An E-tail Holiday For Tech?
According to early anecdotal accounts, the 2019 Black Friday promotional weekend, which ended with Cyber Monday, generated a good amount of foot traffic at brick-&-mortar electronics and discount chains across the country, but the over-arching trend found much of the frenetic in person shopping activity…
CTA: TVs Rank 3rd On 2019 Holiday Wish Lists
Nearly half of all U.S. consumers plan to purchase some sort of tech gift this holiday season and of those 82% plan to make their purchases during Black Friday Week, according to data released by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) at the 2020 CES Unveiled…
CTA Unveils `NEXTGEN TV’ As New Age Of OTA Begins
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced late last week that it has adopted the name “NEXTGEN TV” and accompanying logo program to help identify forthcoming new television sets and devices that will be enabled to receive ATSC 3.0 over-the-air digital broadcasts. The naming program preceeds…
CTA Establishes 8K Ultra HD TV Performance Specs
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and its member companies this week released specifications for 8K Ultra HDTV performance, which must be met to earn the organization’s new “8K Ultra HD” television certification logo. The CTA said the logo certification will begin to appear in models…
CTA: U.S. TV Sales Will Drop By 1% In 2019 To 38.8M Units
Television sales in the United States are expected to “taper off” in 2019, with LCD TVs showing declines as 4K Ultra HD, 8K and OLED-based displays register growth, according to mid-year forecasts released Monday by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). According to the CTA’s mid-year…
Escalation Of Tariff Hikes Threatens Consumer Tech
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has grown impatient with China’s delaying tactics in tariff negotiations and will hike the List 3 Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% Friday. Further Trump, in a spate of tweets…
CTA: TVs, Smart Devices Top Holiday Wish Lists
It’s going to be an electronics Holiday Season if forecasts by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) prove correct. That means a 4K big-screen might be waiting for you near the tree, menorah, or the Kwanzaa or secular humanist dinner table this year. The technology trade…
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