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
June 24, 2010: PMA in the US has made a range of strategy suggestions based on the 2010 Consumer Imaging in Australiamarket research released this month. The report was based on a questionnaire jointly designed by PMA and PICA, and … Continue reading
May 19, 2010: Sales data from GfK for the first quarter of 2010 confirms recent Canon CDLI research and anecdotal reports from retailers that the photo segment of consumer technology hardware is declining in sales value terms. Spending overall on … Continue reading
March 31, 2010: A recent reader survey of readers of leading Australian photographic magazine, Photo Review, indicates a far greater level of online buying activity than is generally assumed. Photo Review is a newsstand quarterly and website (and sister publication … Continue reading
