Stephen Baker Consumer Quotations

It wasn't just big items that made a mark in 2005. Consumers went after MP3 players and digital cameras, creating a robust year for the two categories.

Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.

Consumers are looking at price first and then styling, ... They are hesitant to buy a machine with a 15-inch flat panel screen, which costs $900 to $1,000 itself, when they can buy a 19-inch traditional CRT monitor for less than $400.

It was the one-two punch needed to get consumers in the stores.

Now consumers can buy the computer they want, not just the desktop they can afford.

The NPD Group's forecasting model is a unique combination of point-of-sale and consumer data, along with econometric modeling and the expertise of our industry analysts.

One reason to be optimistic is that consumer electronics products have moved from the occasional replacement product to being very integral as to how we live. Most of it's driven by the fact that electronics are more important to people today than in the past because we're delivering the products that people want.

You don't want to build too much into the TV. Consumers tend not to want too much built into their televisions, and the technology for a television doesn't move quite as fast as the technology for the external devices that are going to help you manage all your entertainment.

Historically, November is the month when manufacturers and retailers vie for consumer dollars, simply to generate the most revenue at the start of the holiday buying season.

They have been aggressive on notebooks, but their notebooks are getting a little old and are at a disadvantage with pricing. Their consumer notebooks are at risk the next few months until they get into new models.

If you look at why people are not buying PCs, most of the things I've seen say it's not price, it's the usability, ... Consumers are asking themselves, 'Why do I need to upgrade?' So by reducing prices, I don't know that there is this huge unmet demand that's going to bring in a lot of new purchasers.