TV PRICES ARE PLUNGING- AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO TARIFFS

摘要

Data from WitsView, a division of TrendsForce, found that, even though the U.S.-China trade war was temporarily put on hold, TV brands are still experiencing something of a pricing crisis because of the perceived threat of tariffs impacting their product. However, TV prices aren't going up. Instead, according to the firm's latest report, the threat of tariffs and subsequent delay in their implementation has driven TV prices down at an even quicker rate. As TrendsForce pointed out, display brands and retailers preemptively stock-piled during Q2 because of fears that TVs could face a 25 percent tariff during Q3. And now, because that 25 percent tariff never actually materialized, warehouses and stockrooms are flooded with displays that now have to be cleared out to make room for new inventory.