Retail sales of Apple notebooks on Black Friday were flat year over year as overall consumer electronics sales declined nearly 6 percent, while sales of Windows-based notebooks plummeted 10 percent despite the launch of Windows 8.
The NPD Group announced on Tuesday that U.S. consumer electronics retail sales for Black Friday declined 5.6 percent, which was a steeper than anticipated drop. NPD's tracking of consumer electronics excludes Apple's iPad, as well as Kindle products, Microsoft Surface, mobile phones and video games.
Retail sales data from Nov. 18 through 24 found that sales
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Retail sales of consumer electronics on Black Friday dropped 5.6 percent from last year, a steeper decline than expected, according to NPD Group research released Tuesday.
Successful products on Black Friday included Android tablets and larger flat-panel TVs. Less successful ones were smaller flat-panel TVs and notebook PCs.
