Studie Consumer Electronics (Unterhaltungselektronik)

Asia Pacific is set to become the largest traditional toys and games market globally — while already being the mobile gaming capital of the world — and thus offers great opportunities for the toys and games industry. This briefing analyses the key growth areas across geographies, including country-specific case studies and explores the best distribution channels to target in this vital emerging market.

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The market for watches in Japan during the review period was shaped by four main factors. First, the demand for premium quality watches was sustained, despite the entry of price-competitive brands as a result of lower-cost imports. Second, there was a surge in sales of colourful watches to the younger generation. Third, brand loyalty continued to shape purchasing behaviour for all types of watches. Fourth, the decline in sales of locall... mehr

Video players saw good growth of over 10% in volume sales in 2010. Video players have yet to reach maturity in Vietnam. And thus, together with rising income levels and improving living standards, more and more households are considering purchasing video players to add to their home entertainment. DVD players, despite having been present in the country for a long time, still had a pretty low penetration rate and still recorded double di... mehr

Video players saw healthy retail volume sales growth of 7% in 2011, as the category has yet to reach maturity in Vietnam. With rising income levels and improving living standards, an increasing number of households considered purchasing video players to add to their home entertainment setups. DVD players, despite having been present in the country for a long time, continued to have a relatively low penetration rate and, as a result, was... mehr

In keeping with the negative trend observed since 2007, total video players volume sales declined by 13% in 2010. This declining trend was attributable to falling demand for DVD players, video recorders and combi players. In the case of DVD players, falling demand was mainly due to increasing saturation, with consistent price reductions during the first four years of the review period ensuring that most Venezuelan households could affor... mehr

Video players saw strong retail value sales growth of 51% in current value terms in 2011. This was driven by a 57% increase in average unit price, as retail volume sales saw a decline of 4%. The increase in average unit price, which was mainly attributable to high import tariffs and foreign exchange controls, ensured that strong retail value sales growth was recorded, despite the decline seen in retail volume sales.

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The rising popularity of BD players—a category which only just emerged negligible sales during 2009—fuelled overall growth in video players during 2010. The arrival of more advanced BD players stirred consumer interest in BD players during 2010, while the category posted outstanding volume growth of 56% during 2010 as volume sales increased to 39,000 units. BD players increased in value by 35% during 2010 as average unit prices decl... mehr

In 2011 video players had to stand the shift of consumer interest towards more modern electronic devices, computers and smart TVs in particular. Substitution of old-style computer monitors with LCD units, and the widespread availability of cheap DVDs as well as free pirated video content made watching movies on computers increasingly popular. Online programmes and movies also attract an increasing number of computer users. Growth in cov... mehr

In 2010, the video players category recorded a decline of 8% in unit sales, despite the strong growth of BD player sales. The availability of ample content from digital TV platforms, a lack of consumer interest in the content available on DVD and the availability of on-line sources kept the category from growth.

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The post-recession boost in consumer confidence led to strong growth, with retail sales rising by 17% in volume terms and 36% in current value terms in 2011. Despite heavy competition from digital satellite platforms, which offer prime content, including films, TV series, documentaries and music videos, Turkish consumers continued to increase their demand for video players. There was, however, a shift towards newer and more expensive BD... mehr

2010 finally witnessed the long-awaited ascension of BD players to the top of the video players category. Strong holiday sales, increased marketing, a significant jump in HD TV penetration and early adoption of 3D TV pushed volumes up by 55%, enabling BD players to outsell DVD players for the first time since the technology’s introduction in 2006.

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2010 finally witnessed the long-awaited ascension of BD players to the top of the video players category. Strong holiday sales, increased marketing, a significant jump in HD TV penetration and early adoption of 3D TV pushed volumes up by 55%, enabling BD players to outsell DVD players for the first time since the technology’s introduction in 2006.

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Despite temporary excitement regarding BD players, the whole of the video player category continued to exhibit a dramatic decline at the end of the review period, due to both intrinsic and external factors. Haemorrhaging volume sales indicates out-dated technology in video players, while increases in multifunctional devices such as games consoles that support BD or other high-definition content, and the switch to digital content consump... mehr

Despite temporary excitement regarding BD players, the whole of the video player category continued to exhibit a dramatic decline at the end of the review period, due to both intrinsic and external factors. Haemorrhaging volume sales indicates out-dated technology in video players, while increases in multifunctional devices such as games consoles that support BD or other high-definition content, and the switch to digital content consump... mehr

Video players are slowly developing as more than just media players. Increased sales of Internet-enabled televisions and the increased use of laptops to watch films has put pressure on standalone video players. This has pushed manufacturers to differentiate video players from these products by increasing recording abilities and more options for 3D. One of the boldest moves, taken by Panasonic, is to develop Blu-ray players that act as s... mehr

Video players are slowly developing as more than just media players. Increased sales of Internet-enabled televisions and the increased use of laptops to watch films has put pressure on standalone video players. This has pushed manufacturers to differentiate video players from these products by increasing recording abilities and more options for 3D. One of the boldest moves, taken by Panasonic, is to develop Blu-ray players that act as s... mehr

Despite the development of technologies such as IPTV, 3DTV and Smart TV and integrating the Internet into TV, the video players category continued to grow in volume terms in 2011. This was largely due to continued demand from consumers to watch films on DVD/Blu-ray, and the low prices of players. Competition both among manufacturers but also from competing technologies has resulted in further price discounting in the UK, and the average... mehr

DVD players in the UAE are slowly being supplanted by BD players. In 2010, growth across consumer electronics in the UAE was driven by growing demand for products which incorporate new technology, and this favoured sales of BD players, among other categories. The growing interest in high quality sound reproduction and high definition imaging is driving sales in home audio and cinema as well as LCD TVs and plasma TVs, which is in turn cr... mehr

The proliferation of internet enabled TVs and the plethora of online content available in the UAE significantly affected demand for video players in 2011. Satellite television, on-demand video as well as the increasing prevalence of inbuilt and integrated recording devices in TV sets and converters all reduced demand for video players, retail volume sales of which fell by 20% in 2011. Although this trend has been observed since 2008, it... mehr

Towards the end of the review period, volume sales of video players were robust at a 10% volume increase, albeit slower than the 2009 rise of 12%, largely thanks to the continually increasing availability of pirated DVDs and VCDs. Still, the growth was, to some degree, somewhat stunted, as challenged by the slowly increasing preference for viewing on computers, more particularly laptops.

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