For example, the consumer industry accounts for nearly 15% of GDP but less than 5% of venture capital funding, yet according to a report by the Kaufmann Foundation, the leading authority on VC and angel investing returns, angel investments in consumer products companies have produced average returns of 3 .6x invested capital over 4.4 years.
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At the same time, the PC segment of the industry continues to take on characteristics of the home and consumer electronics industry, which favors enormous economies of scale and a focus on individual users and buyers.
It goes without saying that smartphones are now an integral part of the consumer electronics industry, and each January plenty of them are exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The giants of the consumer electronics industry exercised exceptional restraint in veering beyond established product categories at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show back in January.
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Another customer in the consumer electronics industry was about to launch a surprise digital audio player.
All of this happened at the largest trade show for the consumer electronics industry last week.
The U.S. consumer electronics industry is battling a behemoth, escalating and unsustainable problem: product returns.
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As a trade reporter, my beat for many years was the consumer electronics industry.
Yet the more proscriptive European vision may better suit consumer and industry demands for certainty.
The consumer electronics industry has a distinct advantage in innovation thanks to the nature of technological improvements.
In the face of continued high unemployment and sluggish economic growth, the consumer electronics industry is thriving.
Across Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry, 3-D products have been pushed as the next big thing.
Saving energy and reducing emissions are important goals for the consumer electronics industry as well as the state.
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Additionally, eBay pointed to Bill Me Later's credit risk analysis, which has outperformed the consumer credit industry average.
Movea is a leading provider of motion processing chips, software, firmware, and IP for the Consumer Electronics industry.
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But the 3D waters are still muddy with confusion, which is something the consumer electronics industry needs to address.
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It has existed as long as there has been a consumer electronics industry.
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Through the Innovation Policy Summit track, CES highlights the most important policy concerns affecting the consumer electronics industry.
And shareholders will benefit from participating in the consolidation of the consumer publishing industry without having to deploy additional capital.
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It disregards the fact that the consumer electronics industry is already at the forefront of energy efficiency and sustainability.
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But with some of the largest players in today's consumer electronics industry shunning CES, the trade show's impact may be waning.
If you think they are, then just look at the trends in the consumer electronics industry with the best example being HDTVs.
Talk with Rich Beyer, the chief executive of chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor, about the consumer electronics industry, and one thing stands out: he mentions smartbooks.
Both moves upended the consumer navigation industry, which had long relied on the sale of standalone devices and charging for access to mapping data.
"It's part of a growing trend to integrate hardware, software and services, " says Ross Rubin, director of consumer technology industry analysis for the NPD Group.
The Visa and Mastercard networks were essentially huge cooperatives that gave all banks a piece of the lucrative consumer credit industry on an equal footing.
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The company basically sets the agenda for the consumer electronics industry.
The Consumer Electronics industry is growing so rapidly that confusion is inevitable when it comes to things like different features, different price points and competing technologies.
Perhaps the best news amid all these changes is that the competitive and innovative consumer electronics industry has products that deliver quality audio for any budget.
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