There will be a holiday gift-giving season in 2009 for consumer electronics after all, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which is predicting a 3.5% increase in fourth-quarter sales of all electronics. But some analysts believe that during this economic downturn, HD sales are slowing as the economy gets shakier. Sanford C. Bernstein's Craig Moffett notes HD sales fell 14% year-over-year in September-just when the Wall Street meltdown began. The CEA figure predicted in the 15th Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns study, released at the CEA Industry Forum in Las Vegas last month, is half of what the same report predicted for last year's holiday season. And it doesn't jibe with some grim reports from retailers. Circuit City recently announced that it was closing 155 stores, then filed for bankruptcy.
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机译：根据美国消费电子协会（CEA）的数据，2009年终将是消费电子产品的节日送礼季节，该公司预计所有电子产品的第四季度销售额将增长3.5％。但是一些分析人士认为，在经济不景气期间，随着经济的波动，高清电视的销售正在放缓。桑福德·伯恩斯坦（Sanford C. Bernstein）的克雷格·莫菲特（Craig Moffett）指出，9月份高清电视销量同比下降了14％，而这恰好是华尔街危机爆发之时。上个月在拉斯维加斯举行的CEA行业论坛上发布的第15届年度CE假日购买方式研究中预测的CEA数字，是该报告对去年假日季节的预测的一半。而且它与零售商的一些严峻报道不相称。电路城最近宣布将关闭155家商店，然后申请破产。
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