According to leading consumer and retail information provider The NPD Group’s weekly point-of-sale (POS) data for the week ending November 25, consumer technology retail sales grew nearly 12% to over 2 bln dollars.
| Consumer technology sales | ||||
| Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Sales, bln. $ | $1.44 | $1.62 | $1.87 | $2.09 |
| Growth | 12.5% | 15.4% | 11.8% | |
| Source: NPD Group | ||||