In recent years Dell has struggled to compete with cheaper Asian rivals, as well as the boom in smartphones and tablet computers, and has focused more on corporate needs and less on the home consumer.
Even in the home of consumer sites such as ebay and eTrade, which steal the headlines and achieve dizzying valuations, e-business is the greater part of online transactions.
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.
Higher interest rates will have the biggest impact on home mortgages and consumer loans.
Tuesday's rally was supported by rising home price and consumer-confidence data.
In other words, if a consumer likes Home and was waffling between picking Apple or Android, now the consumer will have a clear choice to pick Android.
The Hometown stores, which focus on small communities in 50 states, sell home appliances, consumer electronics, lawn and garden equipment, and hardware, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.
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Hence the hope that the home-owning consumer will continue to spend the economy out of trouble for long enough for the corporate sector to sort out its problems.
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Thus, Mr Jobs hopes, Apple's growing but seamlessly integrated range of products, from entry-level stuff for kids to pricey boxes for professional designers or musicians, should make Apple the most revered brand in the digital home and in consumer electronics.
The announcement was made against a backdrop of rapid 3D growth in the consumer home entertainment marketplace, with three times as many 3D enabled Blu-ray Disc releases in 2012 than in 2011 and 3D television households nearly doubling from 3.5 million in 2011 to an estimated 6.4 million in 2012.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report, the Case-Shiller home price index, the consumer confidence index, new residential home sales and the Richmond Fed business activity survey.
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The plunge was due came after the government released disappointing job numbers, amidst financial markets already nervous over home loan defaults and a tumultuous credit market, and a consumer fretting slipping home values, and rising food and energy prices.
Economist says investors should focus on home prices stabilizing and consumer spending trends.
Tuesday brings the Case-Shiller Home Price Index and consumer confidence numbers, followed by the ADP Employment Report and factory orders on Wednesday.
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The Non-Strategic Assets Portfolio segment offers commercial residential development loans, cross-border leases, consumer brokered home equity loans, retail mortgages, non-prime mortgages, and residential construction loans.
On the business solution side, Panasonic is focusing on connected environments outside the home that allow new consumer new experiences, especially in the automotive and avionics categories.
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There were big declines in existing home sales (now down 12.9% YTD), and home prices, while consumer spending rose in April by the smallest amount in 3 months.
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It is much more likely that they will all end up as makers of interchangeable commodities for the digital home, that the consumer cares little about unless the stuff breaks down.
Did you draw any conclusions about whether the overall impression of the application screen of any Samsung phones would be confusingly similar to the iPhone home screen to the consumer, Krevans asks.
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The big question mark remaining for the 3D home entertainment push is consumer confusion from competing technologies like active and passive stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D, and the newer autostereoscopic (glasses free) 3D like the Nintendo 3DS employs.
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Sinking home prices also sap consumer confidence.
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With economic conditions improving and particularly the recent uptick in home prices, that consumer is likely to feel a bit more confident and should be more willing to open their wallet, or better, upgrade to a new one at Coach.
It had many economists worried about a double-dip back into recession, especially after economic reports for July and August, the first two months of the third quarter, showed sharp declines in auto sales, home sales, and consumer and business confidence.
Ando's comments suggest that the early adopter phase of home networking is over, and that consumer electronics companies like Sony and others are going to start pushing networks for the home in a big way.
Haier is a Chinese multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Company opened banking unit and is expanding overseas to counter weak consumer spending at home.
It rents and sells residential and office furniture, consumer electronics and home appliances.
Best Buy (BBY) retails consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services through its retail stores.
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Rising home prices also impact the consumer who is likely to spend more.
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