Chinese gear companies take on Indian wearable brandsChinese companies are rapidly advancing in the Indian wearables market, dominating high-sales audio segments and pricier smartwatches. Indi...
19 Feb, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Small, homebred wearables brands exiting market due to narrow margin, Chinese competitionSeveral Indian wearable brands, including Play, Wings, Vingajoy, and Riversong, have ceased operations due to declining demand and low prof...
19 Nov, 2024, 08.05 AM IST
July-Sept wearables shipment down 30% as brands clear inventoryWearable brands faced a decline in demand during the recent festive season. Shipments dropped as brands reduced inventory. Boat, a leading ...
06 Nov, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Alarm bells at wearables companies as slump extends to this fiscalIndia’s wearables market has been on a downturn for over a year, affecting major brands like Boat and Boult. Boat reported a 5% revenue dro...
05 Nov, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Smartwatch companies turn to premium buyers looking for upgradeLeading smartwatch brands like Noise, Boult, and Boat are targeting repeat buyers with premium hardware to increase average selling prices ...
07 Jun, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
Latest Diwali Dhamaka: Top homegrown wearable brands seeing stellar growth this festive seasonLeader in the audio category, boAt has recorded high double-digit growth during the August to October period. Co-founder Sameer Mehta said ...
11 Nov, 2023, 08.51 AM IST
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05 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Indian smartwatch brands turn to price cuts to gain market shareThe price war between smartwatch makers is most evident in the lower end of the market, which is where most companies have been launching m...
17 Aug, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Consumer electronics brand Skyball to generate Rs 40 crore revenue from smartwatch categoryConsumer electronics brand, Skyball, is set to launch five new models of smartwatches to achieve a sales volume of 100,000 units this year....
25 Jul, 2023, 03.22 PM IST
Indian market growing at good pace; international blueprint by FY25: Boat cofounder Aman GuptaThe overseas plans are currently in the making, but for now, Boat is determined to cement its position in the smartwatches segment, its big...
23 Jul, 2023, 03.19 PM IST
Indian mkt growing at good pace; overseas plans to be in place FY25 onwards: boAt's Aman GuptaThe audio and wearables market in India is growing at a good pace, driving incremental revenue and production ramp-up plans for boAt, and t...
23 Jul, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Expect business to double to Rs 1,000 crore this fiscal: Boult Audio CEO Varun GuptaThe company forayed into the smartwatch business in the second half of 2022-23 which contributed around 20% to the overall business worth R...
16 Jul, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Boult Audio expects business to double to Rs 1000 cr this fiscalSmart wearable device maker Boult Audio expects 100 per cent growth in revenue to Rs 1,000 crore this fiscal on the back of expansion in sa...
16 Jul, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
BoAt expects around 25% revenue growth in FY24 vs $500 million in FY23The company assembled around 15 million products in India, which includes 70% of its audio products and around 98% of its smartwatches. Boa...
15 Jun, 2023, 03.48 PM IST
Has Realme sub-brand Dizo shut down? CEO quits, customer care unresponsiveApp stores no longer seem to have the company’s primary companion app named after itself. That has left its smart products — over a dozen s...
31 May, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
Videomax to invest Rs 100 crore in expanding consumer electronics brandSkyball's first range of products will have home audio products, including party speakers, tower speakers, bluetooth speakers, soundbars. S...
12 May, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Home-bred Noise eyes Rs 2,000 crore in revenue this fiscal; looking for R&D partnersNoise has grown over 100% in the last one year in the true wireless stereo (TWS) segment, and is expecting to grow over 50% this year
24 Jun, 2022, 11.16 AM IST