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(PRWEB) April 19, 2012

Although the music industry has languished from sluggish sales over the last half decade, consumer trends have demonstrated that holiday music is immune to the recession year after year, according to a report in Htrnews.

About one-fifth of music sales, including Christmas music, takes place in the last six weeks of the year. In 2010, that totaled more than 71 million albums during the season, the news source said.

“Every year there’s that great new holiday album people want to make sure they’ve got it in their house,” said Dave Bakula, vice president, analytics entertainment for Nielsen, as quoted by Htrnews. “But it never really matters if there’s any better release one year or another; the demand is there every year. Whether it’s gift-giving or the need to have the music of the season on, it seems to be more resilient than the music industry as a whole.”

For established artists, one holiday album gives them a chance to re-enter the album sales charts every year, while newer performers have an opportunity for greater exposure.

If the number of tech reviews in the media during the holidays is any indication, smartphones and other devices to store and play music are also popular during this time of year.

All smartphones are now equipped with music players and capable of hosting music-downloading apps, according to a recent article published in Wired.

People looking for gift ideas for their beloved music fanatics in their lives can visit Serenity Living Stores to find both portable electronics and accessories. The online retailer sells different lines of smartphone cases, available for several brands of devices in a variety of chic and sharp colors.

For music lovers who would prefer not to listen to digital files on a smartphone, Serenity Living Stores also sells several hand-held multimedia players, capable of storing up to 250 gigabytes of music, video and photos. Other accessories provided by the company include waterproof mp3 device carriers, earphones, battery chargers and Wi-Fi capable internet radios.

Customers who shop at Serenity Living Stores are guaranteed access to high quality name brands at the best prices. If you find our products available from other retailers at cheaper prices, we will match or beat those prices.

In order to ensure you have the smoothest possible shopping experience, live customer assistance is available through telephone or internet messaging.

All orders from Serenity Living Stores come with free shipping.

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20111215/MAN0502/112150570/Season-a-reason-for-strong-album-sales

http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/12/htc-rezound/

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A new study of over 1,400 consumers, from market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey, uncovers major changes in how people are watching TV and movies, and the choices they make when it comes to the content they watch online. Once the domain of early adopters, more than half (54%) of all consumers have already tried alternatives to pay TV (i.e. Netflix, Apple TV, or a networks website). An even greater shift is expected, with 16% of all pay TV customers saying they are likely to reduce their level of pay TV service in the next year. In addition to the notable findings below, a summary report is available for download from Chadwick Martin Baileys website.

This study finds consumers of all stripes would adopt online TV viewing more broadly once providers develop a simple, reliable, and cost effective solution. According to this study, many of the prerequisites for this shift are already in place.

The biggest screen doesnt always win, even at home. Core viewing behaviors are changing; 63% of people who recently watched TV on a tablet say they used a tablet even though they had access to a television with the very same content available.

Streaming content is not only acceptable, its preferred. If mainstream consumers had an attachment to physically owning their content, theyre losing it. Respondents found streaming video twice as appealing as downloading and storing content on their own devices.

All of this is happening in the midst of a cost-cutting consumer mindset. Cost concerns came up again and again in the findings, as the main reason for dropping pay TV, for cutting back on pay TV, and for never signing up for pay TV in the first place. Even 1 in 5 of pay TVs most valuable subscribers (highest ARPU) say they are likely to cut back in the year ahead.

Online viewing is already more common than one might think. Over half of all consumers, not just early adopters, have gotten a taste of viewing TV and/or movies online via services like Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu, or a network website.

These findings show every part of the consumer TV and movie watching experience is up for grabs, says Jon Giegengack, Director at Chadwick Martin Bailey. In the digital music revolution, the primary shift was in how music was bought and stored. When it comes to TV and movies, everything has the potential to change: whom consumers buy from; how much they pay (if they pay at all); and the range of times and places offering viewing opportunities.

Consumers are ready to embrace a new method of accessing TV content, agrees Peter Fondulas, CMBs co-author on the project. Theyve got motive, theyve got interest, and a majority have already begun kicking the tires. Whats missing now is the right platform and offersomething easy to use, understandable, reliable, and affordable. Various players are working hard to come up with that solution; as we learned from the music industry, the first one to offer it effectively will be in an extremely strong position.

About this Research

This study was done as part of Chadwick Martin Baileys self-funded CMB Consumer Pulse program. A report with additional findings from this study is available as a free download from Chadwick Martin Bailey. Data was collected from 1,493 U.S. residents (aged 16-75 who have high speed internet access at home and watch at least two hours of television programming per week), via a nationally representative online survey questionnaire within the United States. The survey was conducted by Chadwick Martin Bailey in December of 2011.

About Chadwick Martin Bailey

Chadwick Martin Bailey is a Boston-based custom market research firm that works with many of the most successful companies and best known brands in the world to help them acquire, maintain, and grow their customer base. Founded in 1984 by John Martin and Anne Bailey Berman, the company has corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, serving clients in more than 30 countries around the globe. Chadwick Martin Bailey focuses on using leading-edge research techniques to collect and translate data into simple, business decision-focused deliverables. For more information visit http://www.cmbinfo.com.

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