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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.

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Leading Experts: Consumer Electronics

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David Montgomery, V.P. Sales, AmcorDavid Montgomery
V.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 Stauffer, Founder, Cathy Stauffer Consulting Cathy Stauffer
Founder
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 Schmunk, VP of Merchandising, Electronics and Appliances, R.C. WILLEY HOME FURNISHINGSLorne Schmunk
VP 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 Workman, Executive Director, PRO Buying GroupDavid Workman
Executive 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 Hatch, Consultant, Donald HatchDonald Hatch
Consultant
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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GLG NewsSM Analysis: Consumer Electronics(?)

Opinions and analyses expressed in GLG News are solely those of the author. See the Terms of Use for details.
If history teaches us anything... it teaches us NOT to predict the future. | 04-29-2008
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO, Future Management Holdings Inc

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...

Next steps for Circuit City | 05-12-2008
Analysis of: Circuit City Critic Stirs It Up | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

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...

Creating Premium Consumer Experiences At Dillard's | 03-31-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

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...

Consumer Rebates Unlikely to Improve Sales Growth! | 04-03-2008
Author: Nicholas White, President, White & Co

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...

Will Government rebates checks effect “consumer shifting”, and “bandwidth shifting.” | 04-28-2008
Author: Clarence Gabriel, Former EVP, Marketing, Merchandising, Supply Chain Mgmt, ALBERTSON'S LLC

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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