Best Buy (NYSE:BBY): More Layoffs Part of Turnaround Plan
By Amy Gilroy Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) is laying off about 600 of its Geek Squad employees, which amounts to about one worker per store, or about 3 percent of the 20,000-strong Geek Squad workforce....
View ArticleThe Car to Surpass the Smartphone in Innovation
By Amy Gilroy While smartphones and tablets have lead the innovation in consumer electronics for many years, it will likely be the car that sees the biggest advancements in electronics in the future,...
View ArticleNote to Best Buy (NYSE:BBY): Get Car Audio Out of the Back Corner
By Amy Gilroy Why does Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) market smartphones in the front of the store? Doesn’t classic merchandising tell you to put the milk and eggs in the back of the convenience store so...
View ArticleConsumer Spending Expected to Improve in Second Half of 2012: Consumer...
By Amy Gilroy Consumers are expected to follow the same path in spending they took last year, opening up their wallets in the second half after belt-tightening in the first half of the year. So said...
View ArticleBy 2040 We’ll Watch Movies While Driving
By Amy Gilroy What will happen to car electronics when the self-driving car becomes real, as expected within 10 years? General Motors’ (NYSE:GM) Cadillac now plans to produce semi-autonomous cars on a...
View ArticleEven for Car Audio, High Consumer Confidence Could Mean Upbeat Christmas
By Amy Gilroy Research by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) found that consumer confidence to spend on technology actually reached its highest level for any September since the CEA began...
View ArticleAlpine Posts Fix for Apple iPhone 5 Issues
By Amy Gilroy Alpine Electronics has released a beta software fix for its newer navigation and AV radios so that they work with the iPhone 5. The beta firmware update may be downloaded at...
View ArticleHoliday Spending to Rise 11 Percent According to the Consumer Electronics...
By Amy Gilroy Consumers are expected to spend 11 percent more overall this holiday season than last year. And they plan to spend slightly more on consumer electronics this year. According to a study by...
View ArticleNew Car Audio High End May Result From Apple’s iPhone 5
By Amy Gilroy The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 5 may finally force the car audio industry into the digital age by creating a new class of in-dash products that use HDMI connections. If Apple provides its...
View ArticleIn-Car Wi-Fi to Grow 800%: IMS Research
By Amy Gilroy Wi-Fi is expected to follow a similar path to Bluetooth in the car, and should see a growth spurt over the next 7 years. During that time its use in OEM factory radios and infotainment...
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