Each year, the Consumer Electronics Association® hosts the CEA Economic Retreat. The retreat, which this year will be held in Viceroy Snowmass, Co., is designed for business leaders to network and learn about emerging economic trends impacting our industry. We asked Jake Sigal, founder and CEO of Livio, to describe why he attends. The CEA Economic Retreat is my yearly opportunity to catch up on the latest and greatest within the financial world. As a CEO of a tech startup, I...

This week, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences kicks off a week of festivities leading up to “Music’s Biggest Night” – the GRAMMY® Awards on February 10. Millions of viewers will tune in to watch their favorite artists perform and compete in their categories. Last year, the broadcast achieved its second-largest audience ever: more than 39 million people, according to Billboard.com. If you are manufacturer or retailer of audio products or...

Peas and carrots. Brad and Angelina. You can add football and HDTV to the list of famous duos. Nearly a quarter of HDTV owners in the U.S. (22 percent) purchased their televisions for the specific purpose of watching the National Football League’s big game this weekend, according to the forthcoming Sports and Technology Study V from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. No other sporting event comes close to prompting that many purchases of HDTVs. More adults surveyed...

Gone are the days when the extent of “social shopping” was making a quick call to Dad or sending a quick text to a friend for product purchasing advice. Now, with the bevy of informational resources available to consumers at the click of a button, as well as the mass availability and versatility of smartphones and other mobile devices, shopping is becoming more social than ever before. Millennials (one of many generational names given to those individuals born between the...

By Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Government Affairs Consumer Electronics Association  Creative destruction is the defining characteristic of the technology industry. New innovations are developed and new business models arise. Older, established firms must adapt or lose ground to the upstarts. The public reaps the benefits. This is the age-old story of human progress. CEA is committed to defending the right to innovate...