Market research on the consumer electronics industry. Standardise...
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.
While media players and e-readers are expected to suffer volume decline, wireless speakers are expected to register a healthy increase in volume sales. Demand for these devices is due to their portability, and connectivity to smartphones, which…
Overall, portable players is expected to register a decline in volume sales. Technology advances are leading to the obsoletion of portable players. In particular, smartphones and tablets are replacing the need for portable media players. This is also…
Over 2023, portable players is projected to continue to see double-digit retail volume growth and high single-digit retail current value growth. However, there remain significant divergences within the category in terms of retail volume and current…
Portable players is dominated by wireless speakers, with portable multimedia players accounting for most of the remainder. Compact, portable and affordable, as well as being compatible with “on-the-go” lifestyles, wireless speakers are rapidly…
It was in May 2022 that Apple announced it was discontinuing its iPod brand. Apple’s iPod is an iconic device, changing the face of music over the last two decades. With the advertising copy “1,000 songs in your pocket”, the first model debuted in…
Wireless speakers will continue to exhibit volume growth in 2023, with some of this rise in sales coming at the expense of portable media players, a category in steep decline. Smartphones and streaming content are cannibalising portable media…
In keeping with its results throughout the review period, wireless speakers is set to be by far the most dynamic category within portable players in volume growth terms in 2023. It continues to benefit from the increasing consumer preference for…
In 2023, positive volume sales growth in portable players in Indonesia remains entirely driven by sales of wireless speakers, while other product areas are witnessing significant retail volume declines. The surge in popularity of multifunctional…
In 2023, portable players in India saw positive retail volume and current value growth, driven solely by the sale of wireless speakers. The vast majority of sales in portable players can be attributed to wireless speakers, which are witnessing…
Portable players were hard to find in retail channels in 2023 and their sales were negligible as technology advances are leading to portable player devices becoming obsolete. In particular smartphone and tablets are replacing the need for portable…