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Tablets guarantee growth: GfK

GfK findings on the IT market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – Global consumer demand for computers was up by a robust 18 percent in the first six months of 2013. However, this figure only applies if including the new generation tablets in the computer market. These are GfK’s findings on …

High-value domestic appliances are popular: GfK

GfK findings on the large domestic appliances market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – The market for major domestic appliances continues to prosper in Germany and above all in Eastern Europe. Demand is also growing in the Middle East and Asia. However, the South American market is largely static. Spending worldwide …

Consumer electronics – growth in innovative segments: GfK

GfK findings on the consumer electronics market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – After many years of uninterrupted growth the consumer electronics market is facing major changes. Smartphones and media tablets are the most popular devices among consumers, more popular in fact than flat screen TVs. Yet, technological innovation continues to …

Portable loudspeakers are conquering the market – GfK

GfK findings on the market for portable consumer electronic goods and navigation devices – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – Particularly in Europe, headphones and Bluetooth loudspeakers are more popular than ever. Year-on-year, consumers in Western Europe spent 2.5 percent more on headphones in the first half of 2013. Portable radios are …

High-value digital cameras winning – GfK

GfK findings on the photography market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – The photo market in Western Europe presents a fragmented picture: while segments under strong substitution pressure from smartphones are losing sales badly, high-value digital cameras are doing particularly well. Taken as a whole, the Western European photo market lost …

Demand for mobile phones at record high – GfK

GfK findings on the telecommunications market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, September 4th, 2013 – The global demand for mobile phones has reached a new record high. Never have as many mobile phones been sold worldwide as in the first half of 2013. In particular, the demand for smartphones, which are becoming more and …

Online business booming in Western Europe – GfK

GfK findings on the small domestic appliance market – first half of 2013 Nuremberg, 4 September 2013 – In the first half of 2013, small domestic appliances recorded year-on-year growth of 3 percent in global sales (excluding North America). This development is above all attributable to consumers in Europe. Products that proved particularly popular were …

The day after…Nifty ends above 5550

5th September, 2013 : Comments by Amar Ambani, Head of Research, India Infoline  It’s been just a day that the new RBI governor has taken charge and the effects are already showing. The measures announced by Dr.Raghuram Rajan to liberalise financial markets and the banking sector lifted the Nifty and Sensex to surge past the …

Conversation on a World Stage – bibitel launches innovative new product for cost effective international calling

Digitech Communications, through its brand bibitel, celebrate the launch of their ground-breaking product, the sim-skin, designed to facilitate cost effective, international, non geo number and premium rate calling. The sim-skin product, designed to fit quickly and easily alongside your existing SIM card, can immediately cut the cost of international calling by a significant amount without …