51.   But companies that balance their apparel offerings by selling housewares, gardening gear, consumer electronics and other hard goods fared better.

52.   But as a result of strong housing sales, many retailers that sell home furnishings and consumer electronics are faring well.

53.   But if consumer electronics did well, toys did not.

54.   But increasingly, the most powerful innovations are deployed almost immediately to the vast market for low-cost consumer electronics.

55.   But its success, first in making inroads into US consumer electronics and autos and then the US computer chip industries, frightened many people.

56.   But Hewlett is betting that its experience in manufacturing and selling consumer electronics and its existing relationships in the retail channel will provide the advantage it needs.

57.   But like most consumer electronics that come in condensed form, the watch-bound GPS device is more expensive than many similar handheld models.

58.   But now investors in the company, a fast-growing consumer electronics and major appliance retail chain, are wondering what is next.

59.   But it can do what early devices could not because the world of consumer electronics has changed radically.

60.   But prices only go down in consumer electronics.