Consumer Electronics

Sony, Panasonic Forecast Worsening Losses

6 Feb 2012

Japan's consumer-electronics giants say they will lose some $17 billion this year—less than what Korea’s Samsung plans to spend on research

Solving the issue of product returns

6 Feb 2012

The problem is not new. It has existed as long as there has been a consumer electronics industry. But in recent years customers' expectations have risen, products are increasingly more complex, and efforts to stop the wave of resulting returns have not kept pace.

How consumer-electronics makers are faring

6 Feb 2012

A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring: