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Rise Above Research forecasts global camera sales to drop 37% this year

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 GaryPageau cameras, digital cameras, Rise Above Research, Smartphones

Fueled by the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the global digital camera market will see its largest sales drop in history, according to Rise Above Research’s new 2020 Worldwide Digital Camera Forecast. The market will decline 37% overall, compared to 2019. Many factors are behind this decline, including the predominance of smartphones, the perceived lack of and economic impacts resulting... Read More

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Dead Pixels Society Podcast: Rise Above Research

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 GaryPageau Rise Above Research

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with the co-founders of the new imaging industry marketing research company, Rise Above Research. Ed Lee, founder and director, has more than 20 years of experience covering the consumer and professional digital photography and imaging markets as an industry analyst and market researcher. David Haueter has 20 years of experience as an industry analyst, with stints at Gartner and Keypoint Intelligence -InfoTrends, primarily... Read More

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Rise Above Research says special memories drive photo printing/product opportunities

July 22, 2020July 25, 2020 GaryPageau David Haueter, Ed Lee, Rise Above Research

The 2010s were the most photographed decade in history, according to Rise Above Research, with more than 8.6 trillion photos were captured globally by film cameras, digital cameras, feature phones, smartphones, and tablets between 2010 and 2019. That’s seven times more photos than the previous decade. Rise Above Research estimates that less than 5% of photos taken in the last... Read More

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Rise Above Research says North American digital camera sales to decline 28% in 2020

June 24, 2020June 27, 2020 GaryPageau digital cameras, Rise Above Research

Rise Above Research, the new industry research firm, predicts a 28% decline in camera sales for North America this year, followed by a rebound in 2021. In 2021, North American camera sales will generate almost $2 billion in revenue. Digital camera sales have been on the decline for the last ten years, as the saturation of smartphones has dramatically reduced the... Read More

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Research vets Ed Lee, David Haueter form Rise Above Research

May 26, 2020May 28, 2020 GaryPageau David Haueter, Ed Lee, Rise Above Research

Ed Lee and David Haueter, market research veterans in the digital imaging and printing industries, have partnered to create Rise Above Research, LLC, a new market research and consultancy firm focusing on the digital imaging and photographic printing markets. The two have more than 40 years of combined industry experience working with leading industry analyst and market research firms in... Read More