Conn's Reports Mixed June Results, Names New CFO
The Woodlands, Texas — Conn's reported flattish comp sales and creeping consumer credit delinquency rates for June. More »
Lowe's Tops In Majap Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Westlake Village, Calif. – Lowe's regained the top spot in J.D. Power's 2015 Appliance Retailer Satisfaction Study. More »
T-Mobile Adds Canada, Mexico To Plans At No Charge
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile is adding calls to Mexico and Canada at no extra charge and dropping roaming charges for voice and data usage within those countries for subscribers of its Simple Choice postpaid and prepaid plans. More »
T-Mobile Gains 2.1 Million Net Subscribers In Q2
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile's total net subscriber additions shot up to 2.07 million in the second quarter, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of more than 1 million net adds, with postpaid net adds exceeding a million for the fourth consecutive quarter, T-Mobile said in releasing preliminary numbers. More »
Registration For CES 2016 Is Now Open
Arlington, Va. — Registration for CES 2016 has opened. More »
This Is Logitech's New Logo & 'Logi' Brand
Newark, Calif. — Logitech unveiled a new logo and a new "Logi" label as part of its evolution into a more design-focused manufacturer. More »
Foo Fighters, Sony Team To Promote High-Resolution Audio
Tokyo – Sony is teaming up with music group Foo Fighters to promote high-resolution music and will bring high-resolution versions of Foo Fighters songs to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Latin America, and Asia. More »
Alcatel OneTouch Adds Smart Watch
Irvine, Calif. – Cellphone maker Alcatel OneTouch expanded its selection of smart watches with the launch of a white sports version of the Alcatel OneTouch Watch at $149. More »
Retailers Lose 1.4% Of Sales To Shrink: NRF
Washington – Retailers lost $44 billion to inventory shrink last year, a new security survey reveals. More »
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Produced by TWICE with market research partner The Stevenson Company, the 2015 TWICE Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retailers Report provides an in-depth look at the shifting patterns of industry retailers with sales of $10 million and up. Here you'll find the data and trends that will impact the industry for the forthcoming year. The Bonus Online Edition includes additional breakout charts and a complete contact index for the Top 100 CE retailers.
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Fueled by a housing market comeback and greater macroeconomic equilibrium, major appliance sell-through continued to rebound last year, far outpacing retailers' flat results in the sister CE category. Indeed, according to TWICE's first-ever Top 50 Major Appliance Retailers report, the country's largest white-goods dealers posted a cumulative 5 percent increase in majap sales in 2014, bettering the overall marketplace by 2 percentage points. This bonus online edition includes additional breakout information.
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The Top 25's retail-level sales were $2.91 billion (excluding installation revenue) in 2014. Find out where that money was made.
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Amazon.com continued its reign as the No. 1 online CE store in TWICE's second-annual Top CE e-Tailers Report. OK, no big whoop there. But here's what our study – now expanded from 20 to 25 dealers – did find surprising: Not only does Amazon appear to be relaxing its grip on the cyber CE marketplace, but some of the biggest names in all of retail (did someone say Apple and Walmart?) posted poor to middling online sales last year. The report sheds light on the whys and wherefores of the findings, and points to the winners and losers in the increasingly competitive CE e-commerce space.
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