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Market research on the consumer electronics industry. Standardised and cross-comparable total market sizes, and share data, distribution and industry trends and market share ​category level information.
Retail volume sales of digital cameras and digital camcorders continue to decline in 2023, due to rising smartphone penetration and weak macroeconomic factors. Imaging devices are being purchased by consumers interested in documenting events, such as…
In 2023, imaging devices is set to show a continuation of the previous pattern of declining volume sales. Within digital cameras, both compact cameras and DSLRs are expected to continue to decline, while mirrorless system cameras are projected to…
Digital camcorders are seeing positive volume growth in 2023, thanks to the return of out-of-home lifestyles and travel, whereby consumers enjoy recording their adventures. On the other hand, digital cameras continue to face competition from…
Retail volume sales of imaging devices suffered a further decline in 2023, continuing the trend of the review period. This was due to the waning fortunes of digital cameras, which were severely challenged by continuous advancements in smartphone…
Imaging devices has continued to record a steep decline in retail volume terms in 2023. Romanians increasingly regard these products as redundant in the era of high-performance smartphones. Furthermore, high inflation and economic pressures have led…
Imaging devices is suffering from high prices in the face of ongoing cannibalisation from smartphones. Indeed, the substitution with smartphones means that many Norwegian consumers see the purchase of a separate camera as superfluous. Therefore,…
Sales of imaging devices are seeing a sharp decline in retail volume terms in 2023 as the category continues to lose its appeal. Consumers are increasingly satisfied with the growing sophistication of the imaging capabilities of smartphones and thus…
Imaging devices are increasingly under threat from alternative, better value for money products that serve the same purpose, most notably smartphones. Most new smartphones have an imaging functionality that competes with both digital cameras and…
Imaging devices is another category which is suffering from cannibalisation from smartphones. Indeed, smartphone manufacturers are placing great emphasis on the camera and video quality in their product development, to the extent that smartphones can…
Imaging devices remains in volume declines in 2023. On one hand, the category has gradually recovered from the impacts of chip shortage and supply chain disruptions, as a result of the global pandemic, which have since steadily returned to normal. On…
Sales of imaging devices witnessed a steep decline during the pandemic as consumers remained at home and as such had little need for taking pictures or recording video. However, it is important to note that the category had already been in decline…
Retail sales of imaging devices continued to decline in volume terms in 2023, due to cannibalisation from smartphones. While the quality of a smartphone camera is typically inferior to a dedicated digital camera or camcorder, for most local…
Imaging devices is set to see a decline in volume sales in 2023 as reasons such as smartphone usage continue to limit the need for such products. Whilst there are several hobbyists and vloggers who appreciate imaging devices, for the majority of…
Growth for digital cameras and camcorders continues its downward trajectory, owing to the mass consumer preference for smartphone cameras, coupled with continuous technology upgrades in the newer models of digital cameras pushing up prices.…
Retail volume sales of imaging devices are in long-term decline in Mexico, as local consumers are increasingly happy to use their smartphones to take photos and record video. The image quality of smartphones is steadily improving, with many of the…
Sales of imaging devices in Israel have continued to fall sharply in 2023, with the digital cameras and digital camcorders categories both poised to register double-digit declines in volume terms. Demand for these product types has been shrinking for…
Digital cameras continued their downward spiral in 2023, as smartphones served the needs of most casual and amateur photographers. Most consumers are satisfied with the quality and features of smartphone cameras, alongside their convenience,…
The pressure on household incomes due to the very high inflation that has plagued Argentinian society for some time continued to discourage consumers from investing in imaging devices during 2023. However, economic uncertainty and the erosion of…
Raw materials shortages and supply chain disruptions caused by geopolitical issues (e.g., global semiconductor chip shortage, war in Ukraine) resulted in delays in the production of digital cameras and subsequently a decline in retail volume sales in…
Volume sales of digital cameras continues to fall in 2023, as competition from smartphones devastates this category. Smartphones have been a threat to this category for years, as their devices offer high-quality images and recording with increased…
Retail sales of imaging devices continued to decline in volume terms in 2023, due to cannibalisation from smartphone cameras. While the quality of a smartphone camera is typically inferior to a dedicated digital camera or camcorder, for most local…
The popularity of imaging devices continues to decline as part of a long-term trend in Singapore, as many local consumers prefer to use their smartphones to take photographs and videos. The quality of smartphone cameras is constantly improving due to…
Imaging devices continued to record declining volume sales in 2023, predominantly due to a strong fall in sales of digital cameras, which are more frequently being replaced by alternative devices. The rise of smartphones with advanced camera…
Imaging devices is expected to be the worst performing consumer electronics category in 2023. Continuing advances in smartphone cameras are leading to a decline in imaging devices, to the extent that some smartphones can meet the imaging device needs…
The year 2023 is seeing a persistent and deep decline in the retail volume sales of imaging devices in Indonesia, chiefly as a result of escalating competition from smartphones outfitted with advanced, high-megapixel built-in cameras. For the…
Imaging devices are expected to register further volume decline in 2023. Continuing advances in smartphones cameras leading are leading to continual decline in imaging devices, to the extent that some smartphones can meet the imaging device needs of…
Sales of imaging devices continue to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, continuing the pattern seen over the review period. Despite increasing numbers of young Vietnamese people participating on social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok…
In 2023, imaging devices are witnessing strong volume decline as part of a continuing trend that emerged over the review period. One of the major contributory factors to this weak performance is the very high ownership of smartphones with advanced…
The negative sales trends that were recorded across imaging devices in 2023 offer a clear indication that the shift away from these products is far more pronounced in digital camcorders than it is in digital cameras. While both categories are…
Since 2018, the competitive landscape of imaging devices among the leaders has remained unchanged, with Canon and Sony as the leading brands of digital cameras and GoPro the most popular brand of digital camcorders. However, in 2023, the environment…
Demand for digital camcorders in the United Arab Emirates continues to decline in 2023. However, despite the overall decrease, these devices continue to attract a niche audience with a focus on specialist options. In particular, professional and…
Imaging devices experienced a huge decline in demand during the review period with this pattern continuing into 2023. Whereas in the past consumers would often buy digital cameras to take on holiday or for special occasions such as weddings this…
Having seemingly been on a downward spiral there has been a renaissance in demand for digital cameras in 2022 and 2023. This trend stems from a 2000s technologies-inspired nostalgia being seen especially among the younger population (gen Z), with the…
Several factors are expected to lead to a double-digit volume decline in imaging devices. Continuing elevated inflation and significant currency devaluation has reduced consumer purchasing power and in particular has made imported product more…
Retail sales of imaging devices continued their to fall in constant value terms during 2023. Such products are being cannibalised by smartphones, which are increasingly ubiquitous in Malaysia. While the quality of a smartphone camera is typically…
The COVID-19 crisis and the significantly increased amount of time that Italians were forced to spend at home considerably bolstered consumers’ digital engagement. People turned to digital devices for work, study, shopping, entertainment and…
Volume sales of imaging devices again fell by a fifth in 2023 and value sales also registered decline. Continuing advances in smartphones’ cameras are leading to continual decline in imaging devices, to the extent that some smartphones can meet the…
Whilst still seeing sales declines, imaging devices is faring better in 2023 than seen in 2022. However, we should consider that imaging devices has been in a decline for a decline, due to the growing use of smartphones for taking photographs and…
As a discretionary product, digital cameras are losing appeal as consumers struggle under the weight of high costs of living in 2023. Inflation has reached unprecedented levels in recent years and is for forcing consumers to rethink non-essential…
In 2023, a decline in consumer purchasing power amid rising inflation and the devaluation of the Colombian peso in relation to the dollar is impacting sales of imaging devices, though not to the same extent as other consumer electronics. The biggest…
In 2023, the increase in mobility after the pandemic ended is set to help decelerate the retail volume decline that imaging devices had been suffering, as consumers have returned to enjoying life outdoors. Nevertheless, the substitution trend pushed…
The rapid advance of technology has led to a significant decline in the popularity of and demand for imaging devices, as they are gradually being replaced by smartphones. With their ever-improving camera capabilities, smartphones have become the…
The strong decline in retail volume sales of imaging device is expected to continue over 2023, albeit at a slower rate compared to the years since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. The main reason for the downward…
Volume sales of digital cameras are set to see another year of decline in 2023. Over the last decade, volume sales have been on an unstoppable decreasing trend. One factor which is positive, however, is that the negative volume growth rate expected…