Gadget sales thrive during economic storm: CEA

October 7, 2008 A cluster of flat panel screens

A cluster of flat panel screens showing the logo of Samsung Electronics in the lobby of its main office building in Seoul. The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that sales of gadgets are thriving as people hunker down in their homes to weather the brutal economic storm battering world markets.

The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that sales of gadgets are thriving as people hunker down in their homes to weather the brutal economic storm battering world markets.

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Zig158 - Oct 09, 2008
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Just give it a few more months and spending on consumer electronics will fall as well.
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