1. Although many electronics retailers are reporting lagging sales this year, analysts said Apple picked the right time to enter the market. 2. Analysts said the company also increasingly vies with big electronics retailers offering attractive long-term financing packages. 3. An arrangement with an electronics retailer like Best Buy could help give the company access to popular products it cannot sell now. 4. An analyst said that even among electronics retailers, Best Buy is known for its aggressiveness and willingness to cut prices to boost sales. 5. Another company that could do a lot to boost teledensity is Unefon, an affiliate of electronics retailer Grupo Elektra. 6. And, consumer electronics retailers are excited because new digital televisions will be needed to receive the broadcasts. 7. Apple has a partnership with CompUSA to build Apple boutiques inside the large electronics retailers. 8. As consumer confidence has slipped, the stocks of consumer electronics retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City have declined as well. 9. As the numbers are tallied for the Christmas season, traditional consumer electronics retailers are reporting bad news almost daily. 10. Additionally, falling prices for electronics have been squeezing profit margins, causing many analysts to predict the demise of numerous electronics retailers by the spring. |