Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
In-car entertainment continued to lose traction in 2023. With the vast majority of new vehicles sold in the country already equipped with embedded in-car infotainment systems, fewer local consumers turned to aftermarket products. Furthermore,…
In-car navigation is struggling to find sales, due to the rise of in-built systems and competition from smartphones. Indeed, there is a strong substitution trend with smartphone navigation apps, which reduce or even remove the need to purchase an…
Car sales in Italy have been slowing down for various reasons, including an increase in long-term rental and growing use of rental apps as consumers adopt a car-as-a-service attitude, and more people spending longer periods at home for working and…
The shortage of both second-hand and new cars that started in 2021 remains a key obstacle to sector performance. During 2022 and 2023, delivery times for new cars exceeds 6 months, reaching even a year in many cases. The lack of both new and…
In-car entertainment in Germany is set to witness decline in 2023, with a notable decrease expected in current value terms, along with a nearly a double-digit decrease in retail volume sales. This was a continuation of the trend from previous years,…
In-car entertainment is in a long-term decline, which is in relation to the rise of smartphones which offer multiple options for drivers – from navigation and traffic information to in-car entertainment. For example, CarPlay is an Apple standard…
The fall in volume sales of in-car entertainment in Denmark in 2024 represents a continuation of the downward trend established during the review period. New car sales featuring advanced, built-in entertainment systems and the widespread substitution…
In-car entertainment and all its sub-categories continues to witness volume decline in Austria. Built-in car technology has become more and more sophisticated and has rendered additional in-car entertainment products obsolete. There is an increasing…
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…
Demand for imaging devices in the UK continues to decline as part of an established trend for this category that was already emerging prior to the review period. Both digital cameras and digital camcorders continue to experience loss of volume sales,…