Analysis

Research from Scandit covers the changing omnichannel expectations of today’s fashion consumer and how shoppers can respond to keep the physical store alive. Given the need for fast, convenient online experiences, fashion consumers are demanding efficient in-store shopping and exciting real-world experiences.

The German components distribution sector started into 2022 with sales growth of 51.1% to €1.15bn (Q1).

Per IPC’s May Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report, 9 in 10 electronics manufacturers are currently experiencing rising material costs, while nearly 80% are experiencing rising labour costs.

The continuously increasing demand for electronic components necessitates expanding NORD Electronic DRIVESYSTEMS’ site in Aurich, Lower Saxony.

Microcontroller sales boomeranged back with strong growth in the economic recovery of 2021, when the MCU market climbed 23% to a record-high $19.6bn after falling two percent in the 2020 outbreak year of the Covid-19 virus crisis, according to IC Insights’ 1Q Update to its 2022 McClean Report. 

With so much excitement and traction around the metaverse, questions have begun to arise regarding data exchanges and safeguarding.

The President’s fiscal year 2023 budget would allow NASA to sustain America’s global innovation leadership and keep NASA at the forefront of exploration and discovery by returning to the Moon with the Artemis programme, among other efforts.

Digital design and engineering consultancy Futurice UK has released its E30 report, naming the top 30 companies powering up the UK’s e-mobility market this year. From veteran names to new disruptors and ones to watch, the annual shortlist, now in its second year, unpacks the movers and shakers behind the UK’s seismic EV growth. 

Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analogue integrated circuits in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, during the economic recovery from the global recession caused by the Covid-19 virus crisis in 2020, according to IC Insights’ 1Q Update to its 2022 McClean Report.

The signs are set for growth in the flexible, organic, and printed electronics industry. This is the clear message from the latest business climate survey conducted by the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), with 86% of the survey participants expecting the industry to continue its positive development in 2022.