Business Examples

2006 Digital Camera Sales to Rise 17%

For this article, it briefly discusses the expected growth of the digital camera business. Thety say that revenue will increase by 8% and sales of cameras will rise 17%. This article didn't really do much besides present data. It was more or less just a summary of expected market sales.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/article9728.html


Mid-season report: Stores ply shoppers with discounts.

For this article, a discussion of how many people go to the stores in search of the ultimate bargain are successful or come up empty. Several company heads and market anaylists provided information and quotes throughout the article. They said that flat screen plasmas, video game consoles, and digital cameras were in high demand.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/sns-ap-holiday-shopping,1,5865433.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

More Camera, More Style, Modest Price

This article, above all the rest, I found the most interesting. It discussed the best cameras that consumers can get for under $300. More than that, however, it broke down the differences between features and talked about the pros and cons about each camera. I thought that this was the most thorouh and interesting article to read. The lead was also humerous in that in made digital camera purchasing seem like a life-changing decision.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/technology/07pogue.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Black Friday Consumer Technology Sales Post Double Digit Increase But Growth Slows

In this article, I found the information that I was most seeking for my own article. It talked about how digital cameras scored a good portion of Black Friday Sales and that it increased over last year. This is information that I needed. As a whole, the article was very informative but wasn't very lively to read.

http://www.tekrati.com/research/News.asp?id=8217

Must-Have Holiday Gifts Not Easy to Find

This article, though not really focused too much on digital camerasa, mentioned briefly the difficulty of finding certain digital cameras, namely ones marketed to children this season. This bit of information gave me the tip that digital cameras are even being marketed to young ages now. The bulk of the article, however, focused more or less on other things like not being able to find Elmo dolls, etc.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-holiday-gifts-must-haves,1,2571263.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

I want to do my article on digital camera sales this year.