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Or Sony. Or Panasonic. \u00a0Apparently, without much fanfare, the Japanese consumer giants are getting their lunches eaten by competition from Korea, China, and elsewhere. \u00a0As someone who grew up with those brands, it's kind of shocking.<\/p>\n

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10-15 yrs ago Panasonic and Sony Ruled….Now…Panasonic and Sony have lost more in the past five years than they have made profits in the past two decades..What Happened??<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe era of Japanese consumer electronics giants is dead<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnce venerable names in consumer electronics such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp have been besieged by competition from rivals in the U.S., South Korea and, increasingly, China. Read this article by Ro…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Or Sony. Or Panasonic. \u00a0Apparently, without much fanfare, the Japanese consumer giants are getting their lunches eaten by competition from Korea, China, and elsewhere. \u00a0As someone who grew up with those brands, it's kind of shocking. Reshared post from +Jeff Zimmerman 10-15 yrs ago Panasonic and Sony Ruled….Now…Panasonic and Sony have lost more in the … Continue reading “Consumer electronics not looking Sharp”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7284,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/04\/07\/battery_assault.html","url_meta":{"origin":31312,"position":0},"title":"Battery assault","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 7-Apr-05 7:20am","format":false,"excerpt":"Prepare for an onslaught of commercials for new Oxyride batteries (AA and AAA) from Panasonic, claiming significantly longer life and higher power output than regular alkaline for the same price....","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132577,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/18\/standards-are-important.html","url_meta":{"origin":31312,"position":1},"title":"Standards Are Important","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 18-Jan-17 10:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Especially when it comes to certain ... functions. 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