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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.

Leading Experts: Consumer Electronics

Gary Richards

Head Of Purchasing Consumer Electronics
Westcoast Asset Management
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Gary Richards is Head of Purchasing at Westcoast Asset Management, a consumer electronics asset recovery specialist, working with major retailers and manufacturers in developing solutions for their reverse logistics issues, and supplying a broad range of electrical products to regional and national...

Pete Richichi, Chief Operating Officer, Wynit DistributionPete Richichi

Chief Operating Officer
Wynit Distribution
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Pete Richichi is Chief Operating Officer of WYNIT Distribution, an international distributor of consumer electronics and computer peripheral products. They have thousands of customers who range from small online retailers to large national chains, including Staples, Costco & Radio Shack. In his capacity...

Mitsumasa Sakamoto

Senior Consultant
Big Picture International, KK
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Mitsumasa Sakamoto is a Senior Consultant at Big Picture International. Sakamoto started his 20+ year professional career in the consumer electronics and home appliances industry working at Toshiba which included extensive international experience, specifically in markets such as Singapore or HongKong....

Lynne Gregg, Tech Industry Consultant:  Wireless, Software, Ent, Lynne Gregg ConsultingLynne Gregg

Tech Industry Consultant: Wireless, Software, Ent
Lynne Gregg Consulting
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Lynne Gregg has broad expertise in technology including wireless, software, and consumer electronics/gaming. She is an advisor to wireless companies, carriers, handset and software providers, and entertainment firms. In key marketing and operations roles with AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile, she led the...

Dwight Davis, III

Co-Founder
Battleaxe Communications
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Dwight Davis is the Owner of Davis Electronic Solutions, dba RadioShack in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where he has worked since 2003. He is also the Owner of Battleaxe Communications, a consumer electronics retailer where he has worked since January 2008. Mr. Davis has experience in sales of Alltel...

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GLG NewsSM Analysis: Consumer Electronics(?)

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Consumer electronics storage offers promise of renewed growth

May 26, 2009

Thomas Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates

On-Line Data Storage to Surge | itmanagement.earthweb.com

* A recovery in the consumer electronics market is expected by 2011  *  By 2014 expected content stored in the average US home is estimated at 12 TB  *  Roughly half of this 12 TB is backups and user generated content  *  Some consumer storage categories will experience...

The telephone is moving front and center for major technology companies...

June 26, 2009

Best Buy to Target 15% Cellphone Share | online.wsj.com

Best Buy is a major retailer with only 3% share of the phone market within the United States.  The announcement that they hope to capture 15% is a bold admission that they see the phone as a critical platform for future technologies and that they must move now or be left out of a major shift in...

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