14 posts and columns on CEA

Voices

Can We Finally Say: Bye-Bye, Booth Babes?

in Voices on February 10 at 11:37 am PT

Isn’t it time for our industry to stop using booth babes, once and for all?

Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?

in Commerce on January 17 at 3:12 pm PT

Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.
In the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris got a computer, while Jeannie got a car.

Dell Will Drop the Flashy Vegas Act for CES This Year

in News on November 30, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Dell is scaling back its presence at the annual trade show — drastically.
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Ultrabook Conga Line Preps for CES 2012

in News on November 18, 2011 at 8:01 am PT

If 2011 was The Year of Too Many Tablets, 2012 may well be the year of Too Many Ultrabooks.
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2011: The Year of Too Many Tablets

in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 3:15 am PT

I’m not quite sure how to view this list of tablets that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month–as a monument to competitive spirit and move-the-story-forward innovation or as a memorial to vaporware. Either way, this canonical categorizing of the multiplicity of slates and e-readers by CEA Chief Economist and Director of Research Shawn DuBravac is pretty stunning.

Go-Go Gadget Economy

in News on January 5, 2011 at 8:15 am PT

After a disappointing 2009, the consumer electronics industry grew 13 percent in 2010 and is expected to grow another 10 percent this year to $964 billion, according to a new forecast by the Consumer Electronics Association. And, if the year turns out better than expected, consumer electronics sales could surpass $1 trillion in 2011. “I’m bullish,” Consumer Electronics Association analyst Steve Koenig said on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show. “That number is truly within reach. It’s clear that global retail sales of tech products have rebounded. Tech is at the vanguard in leading the recovery.”

CES Attendance Up

in News on January 12, 2010 at 6:02 am PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show didn’t break any attendance records this year, but it did post a slight increase in visitors–which is something in a down economy.
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Bartz Bails on CES Keynote

in News on November 11, 2009 at 8:14 am PT

Now this is odd: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has canceled plans to deliver a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. This not a month after the Consumer Electronics Association boasted of her participation in a press release. The reason for the cancellation: A scheduling conflict.
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CES to Give Apple 25,000 Square Feet of Free Advertising

in News on May 22, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

If Macworld isn’t on its last legs after Apple’s withdrawal from the event, the Consumer Electronics Association is clearly hoping the annual Apple-only convention soon will be. The group, which hosts the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas every January, said Thursday that it is expanding the amount of show floor space dedicated to Apple.
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CES Attendance: "The Right People"–Just Fewer of Them

in News on January 13, 2009 at 7:08 am PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show didn’t break any attendance records this year. In fact, it didn’t even break the projected attendance figure of 130,000 that the Consumer Electronics Association offers up every year. Missed it by a pretty wide margin, actually. Amazingly, CES isn’t immune to the worst recession in 50 years.

CES Attendance: “The Right People”–Just Fewer of Them

in News, January 13, 2009 at 7:08 am PT

Palm–Without Me

in News, January 8, 2009 at 3:32 pm PT

CEA CEO on Economy: We Can Rebuild It. We Have the Technology…

in News, January 8, 2009 at 10:42 am PT

Jerry Coming Out at CES! (Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!)

in News, October 17, 2007 at 12:19 am PT