Tag: "Steve Koenig"
CES2022: Pandemic Pivots
By Holland Cooke
Consultant
LAS VEGAS — Gadgets? Gazillions! There are 800+ start-ups here from around the world and I told several inventors I chatted-up at a showcase event, “You should get on Shark Tank!”
But tech THINGS are “trees.” Technology-driven EXPERIENCES are “the forest” Consumer Technology Association VP/research Steve Koenig described in his “2022 Trends to Watch” research presentation.
‘C.T.A.’ in Santa’s Sleigh
By Holland Cooke
Radio Consultant
NEW YORK — Elves are running the tech conveyor belt full blast, according to the just-released and always-anticipated Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns Study, from what used to be called the Consumer Electronics Association.
Now – as technology is transforming our lives – CEA is renaming itself the Consumer Technology Association. president and CEO Gary Shapiro notes the impact of non-gadget-makers like Google, Uber, and Expedia. “We’ve gone beyond ‘consumer electronics,’” he declares, though his research numbers demonstrate increasing demand for devices:
