The booming sales of high-tech products seem to have no end, and retailers and electronics manufacturers alike look to make continued gains with all the new high-tech products hitting the market.

Retailers are stocking the shelves with the latest in hot digital gadgets, setting competitive prices and making sure stores have the right displays and proper atmospherics to serve the customer well.

If 2003 was considered a good year for the consumer electronics category--and it was, with an estimated factory-to-dealer sales of $95 billion --then 2004, which is expected to top $100 billion, can only be better. With an improving economic forecast, a burgeoning digital product cycle and new technology creating both interest and confusion among consumers, consumer electronics is poised for another banner year.

(January, 2004)