Nikon Cures Selfie-Evident Problem as Camera Exports Shuttered October 30, 2017 Nikon will close its Chinese camera factory after smartphones eroded the market for its lower end digital products. That shouldn’t be a surprise, with its Chinese exports in total having fallen by 33% in the past 12 months vs. calendar 2013. Within that shipments of cameras (as opposed to part... Read more →
GoPro Hopes for Karma as Cameras Snap September 20, 2016 GoPro’s launch of the Karma drone is partly a reaction to the declining camera market. Panjiva data for Chinese exports shows shipments fell 19% in the three months to July. U.S. digital camera imports have been falling through 2016, though there was a 12% improvement in August ahead of the ho... Read more →