The Japanese Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has revealed its outlook for camera shipments in 2012, with strong growth anticipated in interchangeables and lenses. The total shipments of digital cameras in 2011 (the cumulative total of shipments from January to … Continue reading
July 26, 2011: A report released last night based on a PwC survey of 1200 Australian and New Zealand consumers, all of whom had shopped online in the last 12 months, estimates offshore online sales have shaved over 2 percent … Continue reading
The latest Canon CDLI report prepared in partnership with GfK, confirms falling prices have hit the CE lifestyle products segment in retailing hard, but digital imaging has shown more resilience than most other categories. A key finding in the digital … Continue reading
The first quarter of 2011 delivered modest value growth for the Australian consumer technical goods market, although photographic products were one of the worse-performing sectors, according to GfK in its quarterly TEMAX overview. Consumers’ love affair with smartphones and web-books … Continue reading
April 14, 2011: The digital camera market has been impacted by what’s coyly termed ‘price deflation’ – selling more for less money – but has held up a lot better than the CE category overall, according to the latest figures … Continue reading
December 8, 2010: The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the peak retailers’ association have confirmed anecdotal reports of soft retail trading over the past few months, with a 1.1 per cent drop in Australian retail turnover in October 2010. … Continue reading
November 16, 2010: PayPal has released a useful series of research reports on Australian online trading which point to a rapidly expanding category in which local retailers are playing a dominant role. The rate of growth in 2010 has been … Continue reading
November 10, 2010: Industry strategist, First Retail works with imaging retailers throughout Australasia, the UK and most recently in the US. Managing director, Chris Wilkinson reports on results from the group’s annual client questionnaire: This year the survey took in … Continue reading
October 15, 2010: The global photo market is again experiencing growth, after a dip in sales in some regions in 2009, according to GfK. For 2010, GfK Retail and Technology is forecasting sales of 141 million digital cameras worldwide, which … Continue reading
September 30, 2010: The latest Canon Consumer Digital Lifestyle Index (CDLI) shows digital imaging holding its own against other technology lifestyle categories, but with a distinct change in the product mix. The CDLI is independently compiled for Canon by GfK … Continue reading
