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"Consumer electronics
continue to play a
leading role in holiday
shopping, with consumer
tech clearly being a
go-to category for
holiday gift spending,"
said Shawn DuBravac,
CEA's chief economist
and director of
research. "After months
of depressed consumer
confidence, individuals
are indicating they plan
to spend this holiday
and are looking for
technology, as more
adults will buy consumer
electronics as a gift
this year as compared to
last year."
The CEA says the leading CE products this holiday season will be tablets, laptops, TVs, e-readers and video game consoles.
The CEA says the leading CE products this holiday season will be tablets, laptops, TVs, e-readers and video game consoles.
"It
is
going
to
be a
computing
holiday
season,
with
tablets
looking
to
be
the
run-away
success
story,"
said
DuBravac.
"New,
innovative
product
categories
like
tablets
and
e-Readers,
combined
with
consistent
favorites
like
notebook
computers,
video
game
consoles
and
televisions,
will
make
this
a
digital
holiday
season.
But
the
economic
landscape
will
have
consumers
searching
for
value,
hunting
for
these
technologies
at
attractive
prices."