GLG Topic: Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics is a category that includes any electronic device that is intended for casual or entertainment use by individuals. Examples are TVs, DVD players, home theaters, digital cameras, personal music players, handheld and software-based games, and internet appliances. The products are sold at retail and discount shops including Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, and Target, as well as major retail department stores. Consumer electronics generate more than $100 billion in gross revenues annually.
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David MontgomeryV.P. Sales
Amcor
David Montgomery is currently V.P. Sales at Amcor, Inc., a large manufacturer of portable in-car GPS solutions as well as other consumer electronics products. He has been in the consumer electronics business for 14 years and the computer industry for 28 years. Mr. Montgomery has extensive experience...
Cathy StaufferFounder
Cathy Stauffer Consulting
Cathy Stauffer is the owner of Cathy Stauffer Consulting, a consultancy which advises executives on strategic brand positioning, retail and consumer strategies and trends, with an emphasis on consumer technology. Ms. Stauffer has more than 25 years of marketing and merchandising experience, leading...
Lorne SchmunkVP of Merchandising, Electronics and Appliances
R.C. WILLEY HOME FURNISHINGS
Lorne Schmunk is the Vice President of Merchandising for Electronics and Appliances at R.C. Willey Home Furnishings, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. R.C. Willey has a retail sales base of US$ 800MM in home furnishings, appliances, flooring, and electronics operating in California, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah....
David WorkmanExecutive Director
PRO Buying Group
David Workman is currently an Executive Director at PRO Buying Group, where he has worked since 2006. PRO Buying Group serves to coordinate merchandising, marketing and other business services for a group of independent retailers representing over $2.0 billion in consumer electronics sales annually....
Donald HatchConsultant
Donald Hatch
Donald Hatch is providing consulting services on the state of the retail industry. He resigned from A and A Quality Appliance in 2006 (dba Appliance Factory Outlet), where he held the positions of District Manager, Store Manager and Director of Value Added Sales since 2005. Previously, he served as...
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Analysis: Consumer Electronics(?)
But the future can be managed. We can look at the past cycles and then extrapolate forward potential probabilities. When markets contract, they can keep contracting to oblivion. But the probabilities of markets which are infrastructure tested, tried and true, tend to rebound. Demand growth and upgrades...
As an executive in this industry I think it is important to share a scenario that these recent activities may play into. Mark Waddles owns Wattles Capital Management. Mark was the founder of Hollywood Video and Game Crazy video game entertainment stores. Mark also owns Ultimate Electronics. When you...
While management is clearly thinking long and hard about its business, tough choices need to be made about how to best position Dillard's for the future. Dillard's clearly needs to take a leadership position in evolving the industry to a healthier, more exciting consumer environment at retail, which...
Someone once said, “if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”. That’s today’s paradox today. The numbers don’t reflect reality. But we chose to believe the them anyway and fashion policy accordingly, making conditions worse for the consumer. The consumer rebate won't...
Government rebate checks will be hitting the markets very soon.Retailers may be offering a flurry of special promotions trying to get consumers. The key question is; how effective will these promotions be during this time of economic uncertainty? The result of these promotions may “consumer buying shifts”,...
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