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Comments on: Economy takes bite out of CES

Responding to the down economy, Cisco, Yahoo, Seagate, and others are forgoing booth exhibits at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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by fdunn3 November 21, 2008 11:52 AM PST
I can only hope the vendor have lots of luck
'cause
Their customers do not have lots of bucks.

Most people are not going to have room in their refrigerator box homes for new gadgets in 2009
so
Whatever these vendor have to show to the retailers better run on solar power and be real fine.
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by paulo_morales November 23, 2008 11:40 AM PST
I find the facts in this article confusing. I produce experience for the largest companies at CES. First, Cisco didnt have a presence at last year's CES, so even though they are not attending the CEA (Association) event they are still going to Las Vegas and growing the CES activity that is happening in Las Vegas proper. This is an increase for 2009. PR and sales activities always extended beyond the convention center. As for the companies jumping off the floor and finding deals in hotels this doesnt singnal a decrease in business but a reallocation of funds to a more economical venue. The space may be cheaper, but the labor, freight and support is identical. The trade off is clear, save on floor space and get hundreds of face to face interactions. Hit the floor at CES and get thousands.
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by Mr. Dee November 23, 2008 1:24 PM PST
Its interesting you didn't mention anything about Microsoft's presence at CES 2009. Its getting really costly for bloggers especially to travel to these events. Another thing to wonder is, how will titans like Microsoft go about launching their products in the future. Windows Vista's launch event in January 2007 was spectacular, will there be a repeat of that for Windows 7 in 2010? The recent web cast launch of Windows EBS and SBS as webcast hint of where Microsoft is going in the future too in this respect.
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