SIC 3651 | NAICS 334310
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Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:
Semiannual report provides factory sales-to-dealers data in unit volume and dollar sales for over 100 consumer technology products, with major product categories covered in the report including audio, video, and information technologies; communications devices; electronic gaming; home technology; aftermarket automotive electronics; and consumer technology accessories, media, and wearables.
First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:
Research report analyzes U.S. production and demand at the manufacturers' level, with information provided in the report including including historical demand and forecasts by product segment (e.g., televisions, speakers including headphones, automotive audio equipment, and other products such as DVD players, Blu-ray players, digital video recorders (DVRs), and portable digital music players.
Economic Snapshot
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Periodic economic snapshot surveys examine the overall economic health of the audiovisual industry
and bring into focus the key issues, trends, and factors affecting
business performance over the last six months and prospectively
over the next six months, with market segments covered by the survey including corporate, government, retail,
education, health care, hospitality, venues, and live events.
Distribution Channel and Trends Report
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Market research studies provide insights into distribution channel trends for professional audiovisual equipment
from a manufacturer's standpoint, with topics covered in the report including distributor strategies, trends
impacting the market, types of AV distributors serving the market (e.g., broad-line distributors, specialty
distributors, and adjacent generalists), distribution trends, and market outlook.
Market Definition and Strategy Study
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Comprehensive market research publications analyze the professional audiovisual market in terms of products,
services, and customers on a global and regional basis and examine key issues and trends affecting the industry.
Geographic areas covered include North America, Europe (France, Germany,
UK, Russia), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico), Mideast/Africa, and
Asia Pacific (China, India, Australia).
Market research report provides an overview of the U.S. home audio and cinema market, with topics covered in the report including supply and demand trends, historical and forecast unit volumes and dollar values by product category (e.g., home cinema and speaker systems, audio separates, digital media player docks, hi-fi systems, speakers, and other), and company and brand market shares.
Comprehensive market report provides in-depth analysis of the home audio market, with information provided including historical and forecast sales in unit volume and dollar values by product segment (e.g., systems, separate components, theater in a box, and radios) and companies profiled including Bose Corporation, Panasonic Corp., Phillips Electronics, Sharp Corp., Sony Corp., and VIZIO, Inc.
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.
Financial information section of this profile provides income statements, balance sheets, and financial ratios by company size based on annual net sales for companies that manufacture products such as televisions, radios, CD players, camcorders, DVD, DVR, and Blu-ray players, video game consoles, home theater equipment, car audio equipment, speaker systems, and commercial sound equipment.
Annual survey provides hourly and annual wage data for personnel employed in this manufacturing sector on a national, state, and metro area basis, with products covered by this survey including TVs, radios, CD players, camcorders, DVD, DVR, and Blu-ray players, home theater equipment, video game consoles, auto audio equipment, loudspeakers, and commercial sound equipment.
Free online service provides median salary and hourly wage data for selected job positions in this manufacturing sector such as project manager, mechanical engineer, electronics technician, and electronics assembler, with employers for which salary or hourly wage data is provided including Bose Corp., Harman International, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, and Sony Corp.
