SIC 5946 | NAICS 443130
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, financial ratios, salary surveys, and more.
Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Topics addressed in the reports include:
Monthly trade publication features news and information for digital imaging equipment retailers and manufacturers, with special features including the annual "State of the Industry" issue published in September which provides commentary from over 30 manufacturers, retailers, and consultants on the current state of business affairs, emerging digital imaging trends, and the outlook for the future.
Research report provides insights on the use of digital imaging hardware (e.g., digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile devices) by consumers, with topics covered including hardware use and ownership, purchasing intent, reasons for taking pictures, number of pictures taken, photo printing, what users do with photos, post-capture attitudes and behaviors, and device owner demographics.
Annual end-user survey analyzes changing trends in the digital camera market, with topics covered
in the report including owner demographics (e.g., age, gender, household income and composition, types
of cameras owned, and photographer type), frequency of use, camera specifications, photo activities,
video capture, photo storage, future purchasing plans, and brand loyalty and perception.
Photography Equipment Market in the US
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Market research study provides in-depth analysis of the U.S. market for these products, with market
segments analyzed by product type (e.g., cameras, other photography equipment) and retail format (e.g.,
specialty stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, department stores, online retailers, and others) and principal
vendors profiled in the study including Nikon, Panasonic, Canon, FUJIFILM, and Sony.
Global Digital Camera Market
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Market research report provides a detailed analysis of the global market for this product sector, with
market segments analyzed by type of product (e.g., digital single-lens reflex, compact digital, bridge
compact digital, and mirror-less interchangeable lens), implementation (e.g., general, commercial),
distribution channel (e.g., online, offline), and region (e.g., the Americas, Europe, APAC, and ROW).
Comprehensive report analyzes the digital camera market on a global basis, with products analyzed by type (e.g., compact, bridge, mirrorless interchangeable lens, digital single lens reflex, rangefinder, line-scan systems, integration, and waterproof) and global region, and top companies profiled in the report including Canon, Kyocera, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Sony, Sanyo, Olympus, and Minolta.
Market research report analyzes the U.S. market for this product sector, with information provided in the report including historical and forecast sales in unit volume and dollar value by product category for imaging devices (e.g., cameras - analogue, digital; camcorders - analogue, digital, HD) and as a percentage of retail sales for digital cameras by type (e.g., fixed lens, DSLR, and compact system).
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 including:
Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of annual revenue for retailers that sell digital and film cameras, film, lenses, filters, lighting equipment, tripods, and other accessories such as batteries, chargers, memory cards, and camera bags and cases, and may also offer photo equipment repair and photo processing services.
Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data for personnel employed by stores that sell cameras, photo equipment, and supplies and offer related services, with job positions covered by the survey including camera and photographic equipment repairers who repair and adjust this equipment and photographic processing workers who develop, process, and edit images, negatives, and prints.
Five-year comparative income statement analysis provides salaries, wages, and officer compensation in both dollars and as a percentage of sales for retailers that sell cameras, film, lenses, filters, lighting equipment, tripods, and other types of accessories such as batteries, chargers, memory cards, and camera bags and cases, and may also offer photo equipment repair and photo processing services.
Interactive database provides detailed transaction data for over 38,000 private and public companies sold for prices ranging from under $250,000 to over $500,000,000, with valuation measures provided including market value of invested capital as a multiple of revenue, gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, SDE, and book value of invested capital. User guide, free webinar, and sample reports are available online.