Stephen Baker Quotes (30 Quotes)

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. That combination created a forecast for 2005 that came within two percent of The NPD Group's actual consumer data for the year.

Prices came down and aggressive advertising increased.

Plasma prices continue to free-fall as good availability and wide acceptance of the products spur retailers and manufacturers to maximize their sales opportunities,

One reason to be optimistic is that consumer electronics products have moved from the occasional replacement product to being very integral as to how we live. Most of it's driven by the fact that electronics are more important to people today than in the past because we're delivering the products that people want.

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.

This is a major milestone for AMD, ... This is the first time that a processor family, other than one manufactured by Intel, led the U.S. retail market.

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground.

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.

Dell ( DELL ) is still the No. 1 PC company. I don't think that's likely to change anytime in the near future.

People didn't stop spending money, they just spent it on things that complement their PCs.

I'm not sure you're ever going to see one company able to give you a seamless digital experience. The fact is it's all going to have to be interconnected and it's going to have to be offered by multiple companies and you, as the consumer, are going to have to be the integrator.

If desktop prices were weak, it must have been that they didn't see enough trading up during the end of the holiday season.

New technologies at more affordable prices gave people a lot of incentive to get the necessities and a little something extra last year. It's the beginning of a trend that we should see continue through 2006, which will benefit not only the consumer, but the manufacturers as well.

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

It's not likely you're going to be able to match the flexibility of the PC with a low-cost Linux device. But the opportunity to firewall it off a little bit, to keep it from being the core device, certainly appeals to a lot of developers,

Would you let the sink back up for a week before you call the plumber No, you'd get it fixed. It's the same thing with PCs. They're a much more integral part of our lives than they had been in the past.

The powerful collaboration of industry leaders HP and AMD continues to yield successful results, as demonstrated by the HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC. With its rich feature set and distinctive branding, this notebook has proven to be extremely popular throughout the North American retail market.

But how reliable was the reporting, media execs asked. Who were their sources How about if one of the citizen reporters had it in for one of the Republicans I didn't add my two cents on that point at the meeting. Here it is now As a reader, I'm happy to look at that citizens' reporting. It's additive. There was nothing. Now there's something. True, the anonymous reporters are not accountable for their work. So I wouldn't cite it, journalistically, as evidence that a certain Republican voted one way or another.

Would I buy a cell phone for my 12-year-old?... No. I should have closer control over my child than that. He really shouldn't be in places where he needs to contact me by cell.

You'll see a few times during Christmas time 399 notebooks,

Now consumers can buy the computer they want, not just the desktop they can afford.

The fact of the matter is the product you're looking for is always going to be cheaper, or there's going to be a better product in four months at the same price point. If you wait like that, you'll wait forever. You really have to make a decision that it's time to buy.

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.

In some instances, companies are still just skimming the cream off of the early adopters and migrating into the masses.

Historically, November is the month when manufacturers and retailers vie for consumer dollars, simply to generate the most revenue at the start of the holiday buying season.

I still think it's a bad idea and a bad fit.

There is more interest in these products. Pricing is more reasonable. They're getting smaller, more mobile.

The government is telling us we have to do it. It is a huge freaking opportunity. To be thinking about other things is a waste of time.

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