Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker
Stephen Edward Bakeris a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the New York Giants...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 August 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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I still think it's a bad idea and a bad fit.
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Part of the problem Sony has had in the past couple of years is that as the consumer electronics market has changed, ... A lot of it has been about lower prices and distribution and neither have been Sony's strong points.
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You'll see a few times during Christmas time $399 notebooks,
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While aggressive competition between retailers, OEMs and component suppliers as well as the holiday seasonal rush helped spur this (price) decline, ... The most prominent culprit was the rise of sub-$800 computers.
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We haven't really given people a reason why they would want to own one yet.
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The PC is much more of a mature product than it's ever been before, so it's much subject to the vagaries of the overall economy, ... When the economy slows and people retrench, they don't buy durable goods, and the PC is a big durable now.
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The PC is a big durable goods item now. When the economy is slowing, people tend to reduce their spending on those kinds of things.
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Typically, we see flat or slightly rising prices in December, because people are usually willing to pay more.
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It's never been easy being an Apple partner and it hasn't gotten any easier over the past few years. Apple has a long history of doing direct sales, and the fact is, they're actually pretty good at it. What you have to do as an independent is to look at the next set of things you can do. How can you out-service Apple when they already provide a high level of service?
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Not everything is applicable or transferable, but you try to roll out as much as you can into the big stores.
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Everybody is going into this Christmas season with very limited expectations, and anything they can throw at the marketplace to get people to go out and buy is going to be a positive.
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Consumers are looking at price first and then styling, ... They are hesitant to buy a machine with a 15-inch flat panel screen, which costs $900 to $1,000 itself, when they can buy a 19-inch traditional CRT monitor for less than $400.
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The NPD Group's forecasting model is a unique combination of point-of-sale and consumer data, along with econometric modeling and the expertise of our industry analysts.
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The notion that the digital imaging market is losing ground just isn't accurate. Overall, the short-term outlook is very good, and while the long-term outlook shows declines in sales, there is still great potential for the market.