Recession TV sales far from flat

LCD, plasma sales rise; downturn may be helping Flat-panel TVs have been a retail boon for the locally owned Stucky Brothers at 5601 Coldwater Road, sales manager Ed Bouwsma said. _We never saw a slowdown. We have been running a steady increase for about the past three years, and over the past 10 to 12 months, it_s been more of a dramatic increase,_ Bouwsma said. _It_s been great. We_re seeing double-digit (sales) increases._ Costs had been dropping, but Bouwsma said pricing is beginning to move in the other direction, partly because of demand in China. _Availability is now where you have the biggest problem, which is also going to cause an increase in prices,_ said Bouwsma, who noted that Stucky Brothers is part of a nationwide buying group. On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas – and a flat-panel... [read full story]                    

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