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NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales to Increase Between 3.6 and 4 Percent Market research Press releases 

NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales to Increase Between 3.6 and 4 Percent

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2017 – The National Retail Federation announced today that it expects holiday retail sales in November and December – excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants – to increase between 3.6 and 4 percent for a total of $678.75 billion to $682 billion, up from $655.8 billion last year. “Our forecast reflects the very realistic steady momentum of the economy and overall strength of the... Read More
360 Degree Selfie Camera Market: Trends and Operational Strategies 2017-2025 Market research Press releases 

360 Degree Selfie Camera Market: Trends and Operational Strategies 2017-2025

The market is expected to witness a good growth in the years ahead with many developers and innovators striving to bring up new designs and innovations San Francisco, CA — (SBWIRE) — 10/03/2017 — Global 360 Degree Selfie Camera Market: Snapshot – With the onset of the 3 dimensional and 4 dimensional cameras, technology has taken a new turn towards a... Read More
WCP Insights Blog: The Smartphone Depth Imaging Market Market research Press releases 

WCP Insights Blog: The Smartphone Depth Imaging Market

Palo Alto, CA – Sep 25, 2017 —  The market for depth imaging and sensing devices is booming. With a CAGR of 37.7% over the next five years, the depth imaging market is expected to reach $9 billion by 2022. WCP recently released its Smartphone Depth Sensing report detailing many of the trends. But what is the core driver of... Read More
NRF Launches New Quarterly Report On Consumer Behavior Market research Press releases 

NRF Launches New Quarterly Report On Consumer Behavior

Bricks-and-mortar stores are still the cornerstone of American retail WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 – The National Retail Federation today launched Consumer View, a new quarterly report designed to gauge consumer behavior and shopping trends related to stores, online channels, customer loyalty, technology and other issues. “The retail industry is changing more rapidly than ever before, and this new vehicle will... Read More
Mobile Photo Perspectives: Innovative solution providers tackle the ever-growing headaches of photo management and storage Events Market research 

Mobile Photo Perspectives: Innovative solution providers tackle the ever-growing headaches of photo management and storage

It’s a given: we are all overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos we take, or that are being shared with us. With some of these, it’s no big deal if you accidentally missed viewing them, or if you can’t locate them again after you’ve first enjoyed them. With others, it does matter: According to our recent survey, 58% of... Read More
Mobile Photo Perspectives: AI: it’s time to take image recognition beyond auto-tagging Events Market research 

Mobile Photo Perspectives: AI: it’s time to take image recognition beyond auto-tagging

Hans Hartman at Suite 48a offers an interesting perspective on the potential for depth imaging in his weekly Mobile Photo Perspectives newsletter. Here’s an excerpt: At Mobile Photo Connect we’ve covered AI from the days when AI-based image recognition technologies first left the realm of academics and morphed into apps and services for automatically classifying consumers’ image collections. Three years ago... Read More
360 Degree Selfie Camera Market: Size, Industry Trend and Forecast 2025 Market research Press releases 

360 Degree Selfie Camera Market: Size, Industry Trend and Forecast 2025

The market is expected to witness a good growth in the years ahead with many developers and innovators striving to bring up new designs and innovations San Francisco, CA — (SBWIRE) — 09/19/2017 — With the onset of the 3 dimensional and 4 dimensional cameras, technology has taken a new turn towards a brighter future. As each new technology is being... Read More
The iPhone X deep-dive – Why this phone will disrupt the mobile imaging ecosystem Market research Press releases 

The iPhone X deep-dive – Why this phone will disrupt the mobile imaging ecosystem

In a guest editorial by: Floris van Eck, Technology Strategist, Crack the Future, this week’s Mobile Photo Perspectives gives an in-depth view of the new iPhone X, and why it will disrupt mobile imaging. Key takeaways: Apple has launched the iPhone X as a showcase for the direction in which the mobile and imaging industries could be heading; The iPhone X’s... Read More
Retail Sales Down Slightly in August From July But Up Over 2016 Market research Press releases 

Retail Sales Down Slightly in August From July But Up Over 2016

Retail Sales Down Slightly in August From July But Up Over 2016 WASHINGTON, September 15, 2017 – Retail sales in August decreased by 0.2 percent from July on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to calculations released today by the National Retail Federation. On a year-over-year basis August sales showed some strength, increasing 3.7 percent unadjusted. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations... Read More
NRF Adjusts Forecast for 2017 Retail Sales Following Government Data Revision Market research Press releases 

NRF Adjusts Forecast for 2017 Retail Sales Following Government Data Revision

WASHINGTON, September 6, 2017 – The National Retail Federation today adjusted its forecast for retail sales for 2017, saying sales are now expected to increase between 3.2 percent and 3.8 percent rather than the 3.7– 4.2 percent forecast earlier this year. “Meaningful revisions to retail sales numbers by the Census Bureau and similar revisions to personal income and consumption by the... Read More
Smartphone Growth Expected to Remain Positive as Shipments Forecast to Grow to 1.7 Billion in 2021, According to IDC Market research Press releases 

Smartphone Growth Expected to Remain Positive as Shipments Forecast to Grow to 1.7 Billion in 2021, According to IDC

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to maintain positive growth through 2021. IDC expects shipments to grow from 1.47 billion in 2016 to just over 1.7 billion in 2021. In 2016, the market experienced its first-ever single-digit growth year with shipments up just... Read More
InfoTrends Launches New Study on Opportunities in Graphic Communications & Specialty Printing Market research Press releases 

InfoTrends Launches New Study on Opportunities in Graphic Communications & Specialty Printing

(Weymouth, MA) August 17, 2017….InfoTrends (a division of Keypoint Intelligence) has announced a new study focused on growth opportunities for graphic communication and specialty print providers. In this study, InfoTrends will survey graphic communication providers to identify best practices of firms succeeding in offering sign, display, and specialty graphics. Study completion is set for December 2017. Graphic communication providers are... Read More
Retail sales rebound in July, up 3.5 percent over 2016 Market research Press releases 

Retail sales rebound in July, up 3.5 percent over 2016

Spending Growth in Online and Building Materials Lead Pack August 15, 2017 – WASHINGTON – Retail sales in July increased by 0.6 percent over June on a seasonally adjusted basis, triple the revised 0.2 percent growth seen in June, according to calculations released today by the National Retail Federation. Sales increased by 3.5 percent year-over-year, a continuation of the growth seen in... Read More
Mobile Photo Perspectives: Going Deep – the race for depth imaging smartphones is on Market research Opinion 

Mobile Photo Perspectives: Going Deep – the race for depth imaging smartphones is on

Hans Hartman at Suite 48a offers an interesting perspective on the potential for depth imaging in his weekly Mobile Photo Perspectives newsletter. Here’s an excerpt: Our smartphones will soon be depth imaging devices, featuring cameras that measure depth information for each part of the image.  Lenovo already came out with the Google Tango-based Phab 2 phone last year and with the upcoming release of the iPhone... Read More