Home Automation Week in Review
The week when:
- Cync Launches New Lighting Panels
- TP Link Launches New Lighting and Power Products
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The week when:
- Cync Launches New Lighting Panels
- TP Link Launches New Lighting and Power Products
Circana Connected Intelligence’s new Promotions Marketplace report is a monthly updated tracker providing insights into a wireless carrier and national distributor's promotional incentive practices. The report provides a detailed list of all promotional activities captured via NPD’s retail and online store visits conducted on a periodical basis. Captured promotions are categorized (i.e., service plan, accessories, device discounts, BOGOs, Gift Cards, etc.) and dated (start date/end date) for easy navigation and analysis purposes.
The Circana Connected Intelligence Service Plans Marketplace Report provides a complete view of all mobile broadband service plans offered by the nationwide postpaid and prepaid carriers. This report features each carrier's service plans on smartphones and mobile broadband products in separate tabs, which provides sectional navigation to postpaid and prepaid plans. The data is gathered from multiple sources (online and retail store surveys) during the last week of each month.
Key highlights from the July 2023 Marketplace Reports:
Circana Connected Intelligence's Device Marketplace report provides a comprehensive view of the US mobile device landscape through the online tracking of mobile phones and other cellular-powered products such as tablets and mobile hotspots. The monthly updated report provides device spec and pricing information on the afforementioned products available through all major postpaid and prepaid service providers' digital channels as well as national distributor outlets (including Best Buy, Walmart, Target online stores) and manufacturer direct online store of Apple.
The week when Samsung launches Galaxy Watch 6
The week when:
- ESPN will become a standalone streaming service
- Peacock gains 2M subs; loses $651M
- Netflix reports first earnings since password-sharing crackdown
2023 continues to be a challenging year for the home automation industry. As consumers pullback consumption in a variety of general merchandise categories and consumer electronics specifically, investment in connected home devices has slowed. Ownership of home automation devices remains steady at more than half of US households and consumers remain positive about the devices, citing their convenience and ease of use, however new categories of buyers have been slow to embrace the category. Device retirement has also become more common.
The week when all eyes are on the carrier financials…
The week when:
- New Security Label for Smart Devices
- Pixel Phone Gets a Smart Home Update