Category: Audio Equipment
Europe Audio Equipment
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Home Audio and Cinema in Sweden
... cinema products have long been considered redundant by most consumers and are largely now only appreciated by a small group of niche consumers who are enthusiastic about high-quality sound reproduction. This trend has been exacerbated ... Read More
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Consumer Electronics in Sweden
... disposable income and with interest rate rises increasing the cost of borrowing many people are delaying investing in new consumer electronics. Additionally, with the pandemic now over household spending priorities are also shifting away from ... Read More
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Headphones in Sweden
... TWS earbuds remains the largest category with consumers drawn to the convenience of these products which are particularly popular among consumers when commuting to work or education, or when out of the home. The removal ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in Denmark
... is due to household preferences moving away from traditional home audio and cinema products, towards more compact and mobile audio alternatives. Furthermore, many consumers already upgraded their home cinema and audio during the era of ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in Portugal
... aftermarket products. Furthermore, manufacturers are losing interest in in-car entertainment, undermining investment in both new product development and marketing. For example, Garmin (Garmin Portugal Equipamentos de Navegação e Comunicação Lda) is now the only serious ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in Portugal
... weighed heavily on demand. The rising popularity of streaming services, such as Spotify and Apple Music, also contributed to a diminishing demand for audio separates, as consumers increasing opted to consume music online. Indeed, the ... Read More
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Headphones in Portugal
... studying at home. With many consumers having already upgraded their headphones at the height of the pandemic, they had no need to buy new devices and demand therefore slumped in 2022. While demand picked up ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in the Netherlands
... some categories, such as digital media dock players and hi-fi systems, are becoming irrelevant as consumers replace them with products like wireless speakers and speakers which can be connected online to streaming services such as ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in the Netherlands
... these products separately for their cars. Furthermore, replacement products such as smartphones and tablets are also increasingly used as substitutes in cases where consumers are looking for entertainment. Consumers also use smartphone apps for navigation, ... Read More
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Headphones in the Netherlands
... crisis. With the pandemic over and consumers having already invested in high-quality headphones, the Dutch market has become mature and only replacement sales are pushing up volume sales in 2023. Wireless headbands and wireless earphones ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in the Czech Republic
... and the war in Ukraine continues to depress sales in 2023. The growing number of new electric cars in the country is also reducing demand for in-car entertainment as these come with in-built systems. Electric ... Read More
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Headphones in Greece
... TWS earbuds, with volume sales expected to fall for both wireless headbands and earphones. That being said, there is still some demand for wireless headbands for work purposes. For instance, Logitech launched a wireless headband ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in the Czech Republic
... wireless speakers. The shift back to outdoor and out of home entertainment is supporting this trend, after much time spent indoors during the pandemic. Euromonitor International's Home Audio and Cinema in Czech Republic report offers ... Read More
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Headphones in the Czech Republic
... decline in 2023 as consumers put off new phone purchases. Consumers have been constrained by the rising cost of living. On the other hand, there are strong replacement sales in headphones, as well as first-time ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in Greece
... a surge in spending on home audio, as people were confined to home and there is no need to replace these systems yet. In addition, with society having put fears about COVID-19 fully behind them, ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in Greece
... reaching even a year in many cases. The lack of both new and second-cars is expected to negatively impact performance of in-car entertainment. The long waiting time for cars, as well as price increases, is ... Read More
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Headphones in Poland
... open office. Quality of sound is another key feature that consumers are increasingly focusing on. Euromonitor International's Headphones in Poland report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the in-home, portable and ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in Poland
... saving and keeping their spending, especially on high-end products such as home cinema and audio, to a minimum. The category also continued to suffer from substitution by portable devices and more modern alternatives. Changing lifestyles, ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in the United Kingdom
... the pandemic and new home-centric lifestyles, is likely to be the only positive performer during the year. Home audio and cinema’s overall weak performance is due to the continuation of supply chain issues, and the ... Read More
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Headphones in the United Kingdom
... is driving up higher value sales growth compared to that of volume, and is primarily in response to inflationary pressures, supply chain issues, and an increase in the cost of production. It is also being ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in Austria
... terms of the review period, declines are expected to be the fastest since 2020 in in-car navigation and in-car speakers. One contributing factor was overall increases in prices, which, joined by high inflation and rising ... Read More
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Headphones in France
... showing volume declines, and this is a slump compared to last year’s sales. This slowdown is attributed to the fact the category already has a good penetration rate. That said, the forecast over the coming ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in France
... to enable a cinema-style experience at home, therefore we saw a level of saturation which would inevitably result in an organic decline after the sales spikes. Euromonitor International's Home Audio and Cinema in France report ... Read More
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In-Car Entertainment in Spain
... of in-car entertainment were actually negatively impacted by the pandemic as consumers saw their movements restricted. However, even after restrictions were lifted this did little to turn around the fortunes of the category which continued ... Read More
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Home Audio and Cinema in Spain
... value sales in the category. Home cinema and speaker systems mainly attract consumers looking for a better quality and high-definition sound system either for music or to complement their home video system. Within the category, ... Read More