Andrew Everard's blog

'The first thing we have to do under this business plan is get rid of the loss-making businesses'.That's the stark message from Panasonic president Kazuhiro Tsuga.He was speaking earlier this evening in Japan, at a press conference to unveil his ...

The latest worldwide TV sales figures make pretty gripping reading when it comes to charting the power-play between the top consumer electronics companies. For while the headline news is that sales of LCD TVs fell for the first time last year, ...

Seems there's been some hostility in Japan to the recent deal struck between ailing electronics manufacturer Sharp and its huge South Korean rival (and now partner), Samsung.The Twittering classes and Japanese Facebookworms took to their ...

Getting to grips with Trends Audio's tiny BA-10 biamplification system      It was a fairly odd experience – carrying a complete biamplification system out of the office to the car under one arm, especially when that system ...

   There's a problem with China.  It's not the oft-rehearsed arguments about British jobs being exported there, products bearing 'once-great' British names being made in Chinese factories or even whole British companies ...

Bluetooth? DAB? USB? In your car? Could be standard, should be standard – but it could add a few hundred pounds to the invoice, or could cost you £2000+...If you have a phone and you want to stay within the law while driving, want to know where ...

The recent kerfuffle about the announcement that Philips is to sell off its audio, video and multimedia businesses, effectively quitting the consumer electronics business, couldn't help but raise a wry smile.For every person commenting that it ...

Just out are the figures for last year's smartphone sales, and some 'finger in the wind' predictions of how the market will shape up this year – and with less than a month to go before the industry's annual bunfight in Barcelona, where most ...

Last week I wrote about the growing threat the ever-stronger Chinese TV manufacturers pose to Japan's former giants of the consumer electronics industry, and stirred up some trenchant opinions about the pros and cons of Chinese-made TVs against ...

The TV landscape is changing.  From being the leaders – both in technology and sales – , big Japanese names such as Panasonic and Sony are in the unenviable position of playing catch-up to the new masters of the market, the South Korean ...