Consumer electronics, especially DVD players, were one of the few bright spots of last year's holiday season.

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The high-performance NAND memory is expected to be of immediate benefit to a host of NAND-based mobile and consumer electronics applications, especially where there is consumer demand for an extra stretch in performance.

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"Today's consumer electronics devices, especially smartphones, use much more power, increasing the need for a more efficient way to recharge when on the go, " said Steven Schwartz, Vice President of Merchandising and Product Development at Brookstone.

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Tablet computers, especially the iPad, are the hottest consumer electronics product and according to many analysts are impacting the sale to consumers of traditional laptop computers.

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In the consumer-electronics industry, hit especially hard by the big firms' exodus offshore, one in three firms is entering a new line of business.

ECONOMIST: Small firms in Japan

Gold thinks most people simply don't think of RadioShack as a true heavy-duty consumer electronics retailer any more, especially when so many private-label items makes it tougher for customers to know exactly what they're getting, compared with buying a Sony or Toshiba .

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Most Britons, especially the young, probably think of Japan in terms of karaoke, consumer electronics and well-run car factories.

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