Consumer Electronics US Adults Likely to Buy in Next Three
Months (% of respondents)
2003 | 2002 | |
Mobile phone | 31% | 26% |
PC | 26 | 20 |
DVD player | 24 | 24 |
Digital still camera | 22 | 24 |
Computer printer | 18 | 18 |
TV game console | 15 | 14 |
HDTV | 15 | 14 |
Camera phone | 14 | na |
Home theatre | 14 | 10 |
Portable MP3 player | 13 | 8 |
Satellite TV | 10 | 9 |
And, a study from Boston Consulting Group reports:
Consumers Who Will
"spend as much as they can" or "spend somewhat more" During the 2003 Holiday Season (% of 2,100 respondents)
Finally, most recently BIGresearch says that consumers say they've completed 36.9% of their shopping so far this year, whereas last year they had completed 38.7% by now. The BIGresearch report found that most purchases during the Thanksgiving weekend were at discount stores, but almost 1/3 made holiday purchases online.
Top US Consumer Shopping Locations, November 27-29 (% respondents)
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