From the couch to the office, technology is fundamentally reshaping how we spend our time at and away from work. As a result, devices consumers use are changing rapidly, as are their preferences. To help brands and retailers make sense of it all, we have leveraged our proprietary data assets and industry expertise to track and analyze trends in the consumer electronics market for more than 25 years. NPD tracks technology sales across all channels, including e-commerce. We offer both retail and consumer information for the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
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Industry Expertise
Industry Expertise
Stephen Baker
Vice President, Industry Advisor
“Today’s retailers are focused on driving consumers into the store for big ticket, highly interactive purchases like TVs, where a benefit can be seen to shopping in a physical store. More and more the online channel is focused on transactional consumer interactions, especially of lower priced ‘grab and go’ items such as phone cases, screen protectors, portable chargers, and wired headphones.”
Connected Intelligence
NPD's Connected Intelligence® provides a deep understanding of the connected consumer, including both mobile and home-based experiences. Our service encompasses the types of content driving current and future use, the devices used to access this content, and the broadband data services used – and needed – to drive demand. Our experts advise you on the best opportunities to improve your performance across four key, interrelated practices:
Digital Distribution
Get the deepest look at how consumers use connected devices to access content at home. This service focuses on how content devices – from TVs and streaming media boxes to tablets and PCs – are used by consumers.
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Home Automation
Gain a firm understanding of connected consumers and their interaction with smart home technology with this series of key reports with ongoing access to industry-leading analysts.
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Mobility
Leading carriers and mobile OEMs leverage our Mobility Advisory Service to understand how the connected consumer impacts their business.
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Wearables
See how the connected consumer interacts with wearable technology today and get a glimpse of what the future may hold.
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CES 2020 Highlights
It's time to get back to working toward 2020 goals after what we hope was a productive and exciting CES for you! We want to share highlights of the Next Level Tech insights our analysts presented. You'll get a quick look at tech industry Holiday 2019 results, industry expert perspectives in key categories, and our tech revenue forecast through 2022. We enjoyed meeting and catching up with so many of our clients and friends at CES and wish you the best in the year ahead. Let us know how we can support your data-driven growth.
Solutions
Account Level Reports
Compare specific retailers with the rest-of-market to develop sales and marketing strategies that promote growth at those retailers. Our store-level data feeds report performance at an account level, enabling enhanced collaboration between manufacturers and retailers.
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Checkout Buyer Analytics
Buyer Analytics provide self-service Essentials or advanced solutions, so you can see online, in-store, and omnichannel opportunities. Dig deeper into your most valuable customer, brand loyalty, brand leakage/lift, and brand launches.
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Checkout Omnichannel Tracking
Leveraging an omnichannel panel of 130,000 consumers, our Checkout service provides the total picture of what’s happening online and in stores and how that's changing over time.
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Consumer Tracking
Understand who buys consumer technology, and how, why, and where they shop, with this unmatched view across all retail channels in the U.S and Canada—based on more than 12 million consumer surveys annually.
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Market Forecasting
Predict future trends and understand what’s driving market shifts with dollar and unit predictions of your sales, and your competitors’ sales, tailored to your specific business challenges.
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Price & Promotion Management
Measure the effectiveness of past promotions and simulate the impact of future promotional, discount, and base price changes.
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Retail Tracking
Make the most informed business decisions with knowledge of what’s selling across department stores, specialty stores, and national chains. We source our data directly from retailers at the point-of-sale (POS), tracking sales at nearly 300 retailers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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Segmentation
Whether you are looking to define your customer segments or refine them, we offer a deep look into purchasing trends by segment.
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Store-Level Enabled Retail Tracking
Get a more meaningful read on where—and how fast—products are selling, based on sales volume instead of store count alone. With store-level data feeds directly from retailers, you can measure velocity to monitor sales by retailer, region, or territory.
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- Home Automation
Home Automation
The Home Automation Market Report combines best-in-class NPD data assets to present the most comprehensive view of home automation sales in the United States. The Home Automation Market Report provides expanded channel, brand, and market size information for business planning.
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Future of Tech
The Future of Tech goes beyond simple demographic profiles to help you understand how U.S. consumers are adopting technology – and how that may change in the future. Get new data and expert insights about current and future buyers and forecasted opportunities and challenges ahead. This report includes high-level volumetric forecasts through 2022 for 200+ subcategories we track.
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Internet of Things
Our new, two-part IoT Connected Report focuses on specific rooms in the smart home. It provides detail on connected device growth trends and product attributes over three years, plus analyst commentary. This report also reveals top-five brand performance for products typically used in those rooms.
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Smart Display
The Smart Display Total Market Report combines best-in-class NPD Data assets for the streaming audio speaker subcategory. The report provides visibility into brands, product families, and other key attributes.
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Smartwatch Report
Our Smartwatch Total Market Report provides an historical, rolling view of key brand sales measures for the U.S. smartwatch market, including both unit sales and revenue. It’s a new way to view the entire vista of this rapidly growing category.
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Streaming Audio Speakers
Now you can Identify opportunities and threats in the competitive streaming speaker market. Get a holistic market view of streaming audio speaker family sales, category market sizing, and organic category brand growth over time with our Streaming Audio Speakers report.
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