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Port Washington, New York (PRWEB) January 8, 2012

What began as a difficult year in the consumer electronics end up in the same way, according to leading market research firm NPD Group *. Weekly Tracking Service Number of sales of consumer technology (not including cell phones, tablets, e-readers, and video games) down 5.9 percent to about $ 9.5 billion during the five weeks ended 24 * *, an improvement of just over 6.2 per cent decline in 2010.

Despite the darkness of the PC and the television market, sales for the two categories of core dipping just 4 percent in dollars in 2010, and the volume of the unit are essentially flat on a year-over-year basis .

2010 is the first year in which a real weight on the market long enough to EC is not the core TV and PC, said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD. Revenues for the two segments to outperform the market, while the rest fell more than 7 percent. Accelerating rate of decline in the category of old technologies, such as DVD players, GPS and MP3 to put ceilings on how well the industry can do during the holidays.

Desktop

increased by 2 percent in unit volume, but this is not enough to compensate for the decline of 5 percent on sales of notebook PCs that brings the total turnover decreased by 4 percent. ASP jumped $ 9 year-over-year to $ 575 last year, continuing the trend of rise in prices of holidays. Windows-based all-in-one (AIO) PC increased 135 percent and accounted for nearly 20 percent of all units of desktop Windows sales.

Large screen TV

gives a huge boost to the market for flat-screen TVs, sales of units, thanks to a TV with a screen of 50 inches and above increased 32 percent. Approximately one in six flat-screen televisions sold are above 50 inches and larger share of TVs of 60 inches is more than triple flat screen. While the 32-inch TV, the largest single segment of the market size, see revenues down almost 9 percent and the average price fell below $ 300, up to $ 277. 3D TV, the industrys most maligned segment, see unit volume rose over 100 percent and a TV with 3D capabilities represented more than one out of every five dollars spent on TV during the holidays.

In other TV devices

bright spot for the industry. Turnover for the home theater system increased by 10 percent, revenue increased 3.5 percent and the recipient of the stand-alone devices that the income stream has seen an increase of 65 percent while the stand-alone systems speakers for mobile devices has seen sales increase nearly 10 percent.

‘really a mix of this year, Baker said. Many new technologies are strong gains, although most products, such as streaming devices, continue to produce the volume is too small due to the general trend of the market. This new technology tends to be the ones to see in 2012 as the industry continues to seek opportunities to replace aging high growth product segment

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NPDs weekly POS information derived from a subset panel of retailers that also contribute to the NPDs is projected monthly POS panel.

** holiday sales including sales from 20 November, 24 December 2011

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Related Press Release Holiday Houses for Sale

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(PRWEB) January 10, 2012

Bucking state and national real estate trends, Community LWR more than double the sales of new homes during 2010, ending the year with 391 sales of new homes in Lakewood Ranch in 2011. This is an increase of 71 percent from 2010. Of all homes sold in Lakewood Ranch last year, 56 percent were new and 44 percent of sales back. Buyers realize that the more worthwhile to buy a new, said Jimmy Stewart, vice president of LWR Communities sale. Only about 9 percent more, you can purchase custom made just for your home in Lakewood Ranch, the new home warranty, a new community and a great value.

the average sales price of new homes in Lakewood Ranch last year was $ 397,149 more than double the average sales price of homes in the area of ​​two Sarasota / Manatee County $ 150,097. Average resale price in Lakewood Ranch last year was $ 364,171, compared to the average in the Sarasota / Manatee by $ 229,984. Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, Inc. President and CEO Rex Jensen expressed his pride that Lakewood Ranch is the trend in sales of new home sales backfire. Jensen also shows the demand for new apartments for rent in the community, successful master-planned. I’m glad that Lakewood Ranch experienced an increase in demand for housing of all types and price ranges, Jensen said. We are really trying to bring new partners in the supply of multifamily builders and individual products. Several other communities in Florida can say that.

Ranchs

new complex of apartments for rent, Lost Creek Resort, now open for leasing and has become of great interest to the commercial development of the area as well.

Lakewood Ranch

officials expect an increase in new home sales to continue in 2012, due to the economic recovery, the new community as an active-lifestyle environment Esplanade by Taylor Morrison, and bold, creative moves to revive the ‘local economy such as the creation and development of sport Premier campus, which opened in early 2011 in Lakewood Ranch. In 2011, the economic impact of the region has reached more than $ 30 million events and tournaments in the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch. From the beginning, our philosophy has always focused on economic development, said Jensen. We have always and will always try to create two jobs for every home in Lakewood Ranch, and university sport is just one way that we need to know to draw people in this area.

With more than 20 events are planned for 2012, the economic impact is expected that more than 70 million this year.

see a lot of visitors who come to our information center when they come here for sporting events on campus, the ambassador said Greg Lakewood Ranch Spring.Visitors like Phil and Jane Levene of Connecticut. Scott their son compete in a soccer tournament on campus in 2011 and the family is now trying to move into Lakewood Ranch permanent. Football is what we were introduced to this area, said Jane Levene. We’d never been here, if not for football and now we really love the area and plans to retire here or buy a vacation home here.

lottery sales for the manufacturers latest community Ranchs Lakewood Country Club in 2010 and, with 107 lots sold sold compared to 61 last year. Most of the sale many made in the second half of this year, said Stewart, who leads us to believe that this trend will continue in 2012.

Lakewood Ranch is an award winning master planned community 8500-acre in the counties of Manatee and Sarasota in Florida West Coast. A few minutes from the beaches of the Gulf Coast, and cultural heritage in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch has been home to a population of over 15,000 and the characteristics of Class A schools, hospitals, the Sarasota Polo Club, a 75-acre sports complex, Main Street was the movie theater, shops and restaurants, and four million square feet of commercial real estate. For more information visit the http://www.lakewoodranch.com

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