electronics

Online Sales Muted as Consumers Rush to Buy Cars and TVs Ahead of Tariffs
Online Sales Muted as Consumers Rush to Buy Cars and TVs Ahead of Tariffs
April 16, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

As earnings season kicked off last week, JPMorgan’s CFO Jeremy Barnum said on the conference call with analysts that consumers had been front-loading their spending...

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Trump’s Tariff Exemption for Tech Products Could Be Short-Lived
Trump’s Tariff Exemption for Tech Products Could Be Short-Lived
April 13, 2025  |  Economy

President Donald Trump has exempted electronics from his “reciprocal” tariffs, at least for now. The government announced late Friday (April 11) consumer electronic imports from...

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Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
April 04, 2025  |  Economy

There are days when a plunge in the markets clears the air, and when sweeping global policy changes — from the top down, via the...

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Nvidia to Buy ‘Several Hundred Billion’ Dollars’ Worth of US-Made Electronics
Nvidia to Buy ‘Several Hundred Billion’ Dollars’ Worth of US-Made Electronics
March 20, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Nvidia will procure “several hundred billion” dollars’ worth of chips and other electronics manufactured in the U.S. over the next four years, CEO Jensen Huang...

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Trump Sets Meeting With Tech CEOs as Tariff Pressures Set In
Trump Sets Meeting With Tech CEOs as Tariff Pressures Set In
March 06, 2025  |  Politics

President Trump will reportedly meet with top U.S. tech companies facing tariff-related pressure. The CEOs of IBM, Intel, Qualcomm and HP will gather at the...

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Smart Salt Shakers and Selfie Toasters: Meet the IoT Devices You Never Knew You Needed
Smart Salt Shakers and Selfie Toasters: Meet the IoT Devices You Never Knew You Needed
March 01, 2025  |  Internet of Things

Here at PYMNTS we cover the Connected Economy as well as banking and payments. You can call it the smart economy or the digital economy....

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Apple Dethroned by Samsung as Smartphone Market Recovers
Apple Dethroned by Samsung as Smartphone Market Recovers
April 15, 2024  |  Mobile

Apple’s reign as the world’s top smartphone maker was short-lived. The iPhone maker supplanted Samsung late last year as the number-one seller of the devices,...

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Walmart and Amazon Compete for Deal-Seeking Electronics Customers
Walmart and Amazon Compete for Deal-Seeking Electronics Customers
March 22, 2024  |  Retail

Walmart is looking to MacBooks to drive up its share of consumer electronics spending as Amazon continues to widen its lead in the category. The...

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Wish Unveils Trade-In Program as Consumers Embrace Resale
Wish Unveils Trade-In Program as Consumers Embrace Resale
February 26, 2024  |  Retail

Mobile eCommerce platform Wish has launched a new trade-in program for old technology. Beginning next month, customers in certain parts of Europe can trade in devices such as smartphones,...

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