Three years ago, Japan was their biggest market in terms of square footage and net asset values.

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CES's real edge is thus at its edge -- away from its 3, 250 exhibitors displaying their 20, 000 finished new products across 1.9 million net square feet of exhibit space.

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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) (R) announced today that the 2012 International CES(R) is the largest in the show's 44 year history, with 1.861 million net square feet of exhibit space.

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