By Steve Smith -- TWICE, 10/20/2008 8:31:00 AM

Las Vegas – Well 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 percent increase in fourth quarter sales.

But the 3.5 percent increase predicted in the 15th Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns study, released here today at the CEA Industry Forum, is half of what the same report predicted for last year’s holiday season. More...